Special Needs Trust Fairness Act is up again in the House
The Special Needs Trust Fairness Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2123) was introduced in the last Congress and was designed to allow individuals with disabilities to establish a Special Needs Trust for themselves so that they could transfer excess assets into the trust and preserve the assets while also remaining or becoming eligible for crucial benefits under...
Special Needs Trusts play Vital Role for SSI & Medicaid Recipients
A person with disabilities who is incapable of engaging in substantial gainful activity for self-support in the competititve workplace may be receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and the Medicaid benefits for health care that accompany the SSI. http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dmahs/clients/medicaid/abd/index.html The person may reside in the community, in an assisted living...