NPLS CLE - Qualifying for or Maintaining Medical Assistance Under the New Work Requirements Rules
This free CLE is presented by North Penn Legal Services (1 Substantive CLE Credit for PA Attorneys).
This training will focus on upcoming changes to Medical Assistance (MA) rules and policies resulting from H.R. 1 (“One Big Beautiful Bill Act”), with changes taking effect beginning January 1, 2027.
PRESENTER BIOS
Christopher McCallum—Paralegal—NPLS Bloomsburg Office
Chris McCallum has been with North Penn Legal Services as a paralegal since 2021. Based in the Bloomsburg office, he has the pleasure of living in the community he serves and being surrounded by the natural beauty of the hills of his home state. His work focuses primarily on public benefits and Social Security cases, but encompasses employment related matters as well. Chris previously worked as a paralegal for Legal Aid of North Carolina where he was based in the Fayetteville office and Southern Migrant Legal Services in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bill McLaughlin— Paralegal, Public Benefits Specialist—NPLS Hazleton Office
Bill is a native of Scranton PA. He is a graduate of the University of Scranton with a BA degree in Sociology and started working in legal services in April 1984 with a specialty in welfare benefits. He received his paralegal certification from Marywood University in 1987. Bill was awarded the Family Self Sufficiency Award in 1998 from PA Legal Services and was awarded the PLAN Excellence Award in 2004 for his public benefits work. He was also awarded the Scranton Lackawanna Human Development Agency Man of the Year Award in 2013. Bill received the 2019 Outstanding Community Partner Award from the Luzerne/Wyoming County Head Start Program. Bill has previously served a 3-year term on the Danville Head Start Policy Council, served a 5-year term on the Northumberland County Head Start Policy Council and 4 years on the SLHDA Policy Council. On a statewide level, Bill usually presents Welfare Law Workshops at the Annual Head Start Conference and Early Childhood Summit. Bill actively conducts public benefits outreach to Head Start staff and parents, along with other social service agencies, across the North Penn Legal Services program area.
