| Health Law
MINUTES OF SECTION COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Present at the meeting were David Tralins, Janet Brown, Maggie Costella, Maria
Filardi, Nancy Gregor, Sigrid Haines, and Jim Jacobs.
Minutes were taken by the Chair in the absence of Rose Matricciani, Secretary.
The Council took the following actions:
1. Reviewed the October 30 presentation by Katie McDermott on Post-Compliance
Disclosure. Ms. McDermott is attempting to get commitments from the OIG’s
office, HCFA, and a rep from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The Council
instructed the Chair to communicate its thanks for Ms. McDermott’s and
Carolyn’s efforts on behalf of this program.
2. Voted to officially support the proposal from Jack Schwartz, Esq., on behalf
of the Attorney General’s Office dealing with an amendment to the guardianship
law intending to further the objective of making Maryland law as supportive
as possible for efforts to improve the care given patients near the end of
life. The proposed amendment would give the Guardianship Court greater flexibility
in authorizing individuals who have demonstrated close ties to the ward to
make decisions about life-sustaining medical procedures.
3. Received a report from the Chair that the Amended Budget for the Section
was approved by the Maryland State Bar Budget and Finance Committee. The Section’s
budget for 2000-2001 now lists meals/meetings at $1,188; other at $2,294; for
a total budget of $3,482.
4. Discussed the Council members submission of brief newsletter articles which
were not time-sensitive. The first edition of the newsletter should be published
shortly. A sample of same was circulated for the Council’s review.
5. Discussed the January program with Janet Brown, Esq. Ideas were exchanged
regarding the nature and the extent of the presentation. Janet agreed that
she would coordinate with Marc Cohen in staging the January program. The Council,
following discussion, voted not to expand the size of the panel. Therefore,
the panelists at this time will be Marc and Janet.
6. Voted against the production of specific material directed to the Section
members concerning technology issues, but voted to direct the Chair to explore
the possibility of appending existing materials to the Section’s web
page within the MSBA site.
7. Voted to have Nancy Gregor and Jim Jacobs contact Mary Ann D’Anna
to explore the possibility of a program with MICPEL.
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David M. Tralins, Chair
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