The Mental Health Law Committee focuses on legal issues concerning mental illness and intellectual disabilities, ranging from civil rights, to access to medical care, to the plight of individuals coping with mental illness, particularly in the legal profession. During the past year, the committee has been involved in drafting comments to new amendments to the Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHDCA), that affect patients with mental illness and intellectual disabilities. The committee is currently preparing a report on the FHDCA’s exclusion of intellectually disabled as well as some mentally ill patients from surrogate decision-making under the Act. The committee is also concerned with the differences between New York’s adult guardianship statutes that afford fewer due process protections and preserve less autonomy for intellectually disabled people than for all other incapacitated adults.
REQUEST FOR INPUT: Unsafe Discharges from Mental Health Facilities Survey - Deadline Dec. 17, 2021
The Mental Health Law Committee focuses on legal issues concerning mental illness and intellectual disabilities, ranging from civil rights, to access to medical care, to the plight of individuals coping with mental illness, particularly in the legal profession. During the past year, the committee has been involved in drafting comments to new amendments to the Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHDCA), that affect patients with mental illness and intellectual disabilities. The committee is currently preparing a report on the FHDCA’s exclusion of intellectually disabled as well as some mentally ill patients from surrogate decision-making under the Act. The committee is also concerned with the differences between New York’s adult guardianship statutes that afford fewer due process protections and preserve less autonomy for intellectually disabled people than for all other incapacitated adults.
REQUEST FOR INPUT: Unsafe Discharges from Mental Health Facilities Survey - Deadline Dec. 17, 2021
Description:
Health care law is a constantly evolving field that remains at the forefront of the legal profession in a variety of ways. Attorneys who specialize in this area work in a vast diversity of roles, which touch upon many different industries and span across the litigation, regulatory and transactional spectrum. The program includes panelists with exceptionally diverse backgrounds who will provide an overview of the field and discuss the emerging trends in health care law. Panelists will offer descriptions of their personal career path in health care as well as specific suggestions of practical steps that law students and lawyers can take to break into the field and make themselves more marketable to potential employers.
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