When that is combined with the positive obligations at the heart of compliance based administrative cultures, one can see both the allure and the inevitability of both an administrative and legal infatuation with the possibilities of managing behavior through the imposition of non-negotiable institutional positive obligations of one sort or another. [read post]

S 231 Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to codesA236 Greene -- Establishes a drug treatment alternative to incarceration for certain offenders; appropriation No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to corporations, authorities and commissionsA239 Magnarelli (MS) -- Provides for an increase in criminal penalties for acts of cruelty to animals No Same as Last Act: 01/07/09 referred to agricultureA243 Magnarelli (MS) -- Prohibits the throwing, tossing or expelling of saliva, spit or… [read post]

 Moreover, effective January 1, 2010, MIPPA:  Increases the level of savings that Medicare Savings Program (“MSP”) applicants may have and still qualify for help with Medicare out-of-pocket costs, excludes the value of life insurance policies from consideration of resources, and requires CMS to translate the MSP application form into the most frequently-used languages; Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to assist… [read post]

Of the 66 claims, 61 of them were valued by the claims administrator in the Jensen Farms bankruptcy, for a total value of $45,595,000. [read post]