National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

(NASMHPD)

and

National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)

Legal Divisions Joint Meeting 2014

November 11-12, 2014

Westin Hotel

400 Courthouse Square

Alexandria, Virginia 22314

AGENDA

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast/Registration

(Edison Salon ABC)

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Welcome & Introductions

Tim Bray, J.D., Vice-Chairperson, NASMHPD Legal Division

8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. National Litigation Trends

Presenters: Phil Peisch, J.D.

Caroline Brown, J.D.

Covington and Burling, LLP

9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. USDOJ Current Trends in Olmstead Enforcement

Moderator: Allyson Tysinger, J.D.

Virginia

Presenters: Mary Bohan, J.D.

Deputy Chief

Special Litigation Section

U.S. Department of Justice

Sheila Foran, J.D.

Special Legal Counsel

Civil Rights Division

U.S. Department of Justice

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon Reactor Panel – Discussion of Morning Sessions

Moderator: Allyson Tysinger, J.D.

Virginia

Panelists: NASMHPD & NASDDDS Representatives

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. Networking Luncheon

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Washington Updates (Federal and State)

Presenters: Barbara Brent (Moderator)

NASDDDS

Stuart Yael Gordon

NASMHPD

Dan Berland

NASDDDS

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Developing Legal Issues: State Reports and Round-Table Discussions

Topics Include: Olmstead and CRIPA Cases, Federal Healthcare Reform Efforts, Protection & Advocacy Trends, Children’s MH and Juvenile Justice Systems, EPSDT, Technology Use in Residential Settings

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

(Wright Room)

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. NASMHPD Legal Division Business

Meeting (NASDDDS Attorneys Invited)

Presiding: Tim Bray, J.D.

Vice-Chairperson, NASMHPD Legal Division

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Protection and Advocacy Organizations: National

Issues and Trends

Presenter: Curtis L. Decker, J.D.

Executive Director

National Disability Rights Network

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. HHS Office for Civil Rights: Privacy Issues

Presenters: Sherri Morgan, J.D., M.S.W.

Health Information Privacy Specialist

HHS Office for Civil Rights

Marissa Gordon-Nguyen, J.D., M.P.H.

Health Information Privacy Specialist

HHS Office for Civil Rights

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch with NASDDDS’s State Directors

(Edison Salon ABC)

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Advocacy Update: A Dialogue with the Bazelon Center

(Wright Room)

Presenter: Alison Barkoff, J.D.

Director of Advocacy

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

3:00 p.m. Conference Adjourns

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