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A Policy In Flux: New York State’S Evolving Approach To Human Subjects Research Involving Individuals Who Lack Consent Capacity (Forthcoming), Valerie Gutmann Koch Oct 2014

A Policy In Flux: New York State’S Evolving Approach To Human Subjects Research Involving Individuals Who Lack Consent Capacity (Forthcoming), Valerie Gutmann Koch

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Employers As Risks, Amy B. Monahan Apr 2014

Employers As Risks, Amy B. Monahan

Chicago-Kent Law Review

In evaluating health and retirement security in the United States, much recent work has focused on shortcomings in individual decision making. For example, in explaining why 401(k) plans are suboptimal for achieving retirement security, a significant volume of literature has catalogued the mistakes individuals make when attempting to save for retirement through such plans. This article seeks to move the discussion of suboptimal decision making in a new direction, by focusing on the impact that employer decision making has on the ability of employees to achieve health and retirement security. The article argues that employer decision making regarding whether to …


“Of Vital Importance”: The New York State Task Force On Life And The Law’S Report And Recommendations For Research With Human Subjects Who Lack Consent Capacity (With Susie A. Han), Valerie Gutmann Koch Jan 2014

“Of Vital Importance”: The New York State Task Force On Life And The Law’S Report And Recommendations For Research With Human Subjects Who Lack Consent Capacity (With Susie A. Han), Valerie Gutmann Koch

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


A Policy In Flux: New York State’S Evolving Approach To Human Subjects Research Involving Individuals Who Lack Consent Capacity (Forthcoming), Valerie Gutmann Koch Jan 2014

A Policy In Flux: New York State’S Evolving Approach To Human Subjects Research Involving Individuals Who Lack Consent Capacity (Forthcoming), Valerie Gutmann Koch

Valerie Gutmann Koch

No abstract provided.


“Of Vital Importance”: The New York State Task Force On Life And The Law’S Report And Recommendations For Research With Human Subjects Who Lack Consent Capacity (With Susie A. Han), Valerie Gutmann Koch Jan 2014

“Of Vital Importance”: The New York State Task Force On Life And The Law’S Report And Recommendations For Research With Human Subjects Who Lack Consent Capacity (With Susie A. Han), Valerie Gutmann Koch

Valerie Gutmann Koch

No abstract provided.


Missing The Forest For The Trees: Why Supplemental Needs Trusts Should Be Exempt From Medicaid Determinations, Jeffrey R. Grimyser Jan 2014

Missing The Forest For The Trees: Why Supplemental Needs Trusts Should Be Exempt From Medicaid Determinations, Jeffrey R. Grimyser

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Supplemental needs trusts are trusts designed to assist individuals with disabilities by paying for services and items that Medicaid will not pay for. Federal law, however, is unclear as to whether using one of these trusts automatically disqualifies someone from receiving Medicaid, thereby causing the circuit courts to split on their interpretation. Some circuits have held that the Medicaid statute allows states to enact laws prohibiting the use of these trusts while receiving Medicaid benefits based on the federal law’s statutory language. While other circuits have ruled that individuals can simultaneously receive Medicaid benefits and use supplemental needs trusts given …