Students will help attorneys from Disability Rights Texas prepare for fair hearings in Medicaid cases involving children with complex medical needs who have been denied Medicaid services. The project involves two workshops. In the first workshop, students will review evidence packets consisting of nursing notes, plans of care, medical records, and other relevant evidence, and create an evidence guide for each reviewed case. In the second workshop, students will draft physician letters, requests for reconsideration, and direct examination questions.
Organization
INCLUDE Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The INCLUDE Project enables students with interests in disability and probate law to provide free legal serves to persons with disabilities and their families. INCLUDE is an internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program, in partnership with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law. The Medicaid Fair Hearings project involves a collaboration between INCLUDE and Disability Rights Texas, the federally-funded Protection and Advocacy entity providing free legal services to persons with disabilities in Texas..
Project Details
- Project Start Date
March 2018
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 12 hours, including training; Students must be able to attend both workshops, which will be held on Friday, March 23, from 1pm-6pm in the Jury Room (CCJ 2.310), and on Tuesday, March 27, from 5pm-9pm in the Jury Room (CCJ 2.310)
- Training
- Wednesday, March 21, 6pm-8pm, in the Jury Room (CCJ 2.310)
- Skills used
- Evidence review; legal writing
- Project location
- Jury Room (CCJ 2.310)
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 12
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Strong English skills required; students with an interest in social justice, health law, and/or disability law are strongly encouraged to apply
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest, any language skills, and any work or pro bono experience touching on health law or disability to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu; previous INCLUDE Medicaid volunteers will receive preference for some volunteer openings