Social Security Disability &
  Special Needs Planning News from
 Sheri R. Abrams, Attorney at Law,
 Partner at Needham Mitnick & Pollack, PLC  
In This Issue:
Social Security Starts New Representative Payee Pilot Program
New Hydrocodone Regulations
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       UPCOMING EVENTS:

 

On Friday October 17, 2014, Sheri Abrams will be participating in the conference "Together on the Pathway to Wellness: The Good Life - A Vision for Recovery."

 

This day-long conference will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.  at the Ernst Community Cultural Center, Northern Virginia Community College- Annandale Campus, 8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003

 

This conference is designed for persons with mental health issues and/or substance abuse disorders, and family members, professionals and others with interest in the topic of wellness and recovery.
 

Learn more about the conference and register online here

 

Some scholarships are available. 

 

Call 703-980-4641 or email the Conference Coordinators with questions.

 

This conference is sponsored by the Wellness and Recovery Committee, the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, the Northern Virginia Mental Health Foundation, Inc., Pathway Homes, Inc.. and PRS, Inc.

 

 

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Issue: # 75

 October 2014

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Welcome to our monthly newsletter. 

 

These monthly newsletters are designed to provide useful information on Disability Law & Issues with a special emphasis on Social Security Disability & Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and Special Needs Trusts & Planning.

 

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Social Security Starts New Representative Payee Pilot Program

  

Rep. Payee In what may be the future for representative payees everywhere, the Social Security Administration is now asking Maryland Attorneys to act as volunteer representative payees for Social Security beneficiaries.


Representative payees provide a key service to Social Security recipients who are unable to manage their benefits.  Nearly 21 percent of people who need help managing their payments do not have family members or trusted friends who can help them.  Representative payees receive monthly payments on behalf of the beneficiary and use the funds to meet the individual's basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter.  They also keep records and ensure that Social Security funds are used to care only for the recipient.
 

Any licensed Maryland attorney in good standing can volunteer for this pilot project by registering at www.socialsecurity.gov/payee/probonopilot.htm.


Social Security will use the information provided to connect interested attorneys with beneficiaries in need of the services. The Maryland pilot will expand the network of available candidates to help assist those in need. 


If the pilot is successful in Maryland, Social Security will consider expanding the program nationwide.


 

New Hydrocodone Regulations

 

hydrocodone Many of my clients take medication containing hydrocodone for pain control and relief.  These medications are sold under the brand names Vicodin, Norco and Lortab.

 

Starting October 6, 2014 new Federal regulations have gone into effect reclassifying hydrocodone-containing products from a schedule III controlled substance to a schedule II controlled substance.

 

What this change means to someone who takes these medications:

 

Prescriptions containing hydrocodone written prior to October 6, 2014 cannot be filled or refilled;

 

All new prescriptions that contain hydrocodone can no longer include refills;

 

A new prescription must be obtained from your prescriber each time hydrocodone products are filled; and

 

To fill a prescription containing hydrocodone there must be a written prescription, these prescriptions may not be called into the pharmacy anymore.

 

 

For more information please click here.

 

Sheri Abrams' Book "Don't Gamble With Your Social Security Disability Benefits--What Every Virginia Resident Needs To Know To Win A Social Security Disability Case" Is Available

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