Re: Fwd: Join NDSS for the July ABLE Act Challenge -- Help Us Reach 200 Cosponsors in the House and 35 Cosponsors in the Senate by July 31st

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I would like to explore this section of the ABLE act. Does it read like I think it reads? That the state is entitled to the remaining funds because the state is determined to be a creditor when the person dies or ceases to be disabled? Perhaps our representatives could explain it better, or the NDSS."(5) TRANSFER TO STATE- Subject to any outstanding payments due for qualified disability expenses, in the case that the designated beneficiary dies or ceases to be an individual with a disability, all amounts remaining in the qualified ABLE account not in excess of the amount equal to the total medical assistance paid for the designated beneficiary after the establishment of the account, net of any premiums paid from the account or paid by or on behalf of the beneficiary to a Medicaid Buy-In program, under any State Medicaid plan established under title XIX of the Social Security Act shall be distributed to such State upon filing of a claim for payment by such State. For purposes of this paragraph, the State shall be a creditor of an ABLE account and not a beneficiary. Subsection ©(3) shall not apply to a distribution under the preceding sentence."

Sent from my iPadBegin forwarded message:Date: June 28, 2012 9:01:47 PM GMT+08:00To: "Lourie Pearlman" Subject: Join NDSS for the July ABLE Act Challenge -- Help Us Reach 200 Cosponsors in the House and 35 Cosponsors in the Senate by July 31st Reply-To: "NDSS Advocacy Alerts"

Join NDSS for the July ABLE Act Challenge -- Help Us Reach 200 Cosponsors in the House and 35 Cosponsors in the Senate by July 31st

NDSS July ABLE Act Challenge More Info The ABLE Act currently has 166 cosponsors in the House and 22 cosponsors in the Senate… but we still need more cosponsors to help us pass the bill. You can help us reach over 200 cosponsors in the House and 35 cosponsors in the Senate by July 31 (August Recess)! Please take a few moments and make a call, send an email, and/or set up a meeting with

your Senators and Representative to discuss the ABLE Act TODAY. It only takes a few minutes and makes a huge difference!Click on the links (House and Senate) to find out if your Members of Congress have cosponsored the ABLE Act. NDSS has three easy ways to contact your Senators and Representatives:1) Call (here) - using our call-in template2) Write (here) - using our email template3) Meet (here) - to set up a meeting with your Senators and RepresentativesFor more

information about the ABLE Act, please use the following resources:ABLE Act one-pagerThe ABLE Act - The 112th CongressABLE Act Gains Support from 49 National, State, and Local Advocacy Organizations

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