2020 STUDIO WEBCAST How the Texas ABLE® Program Works with a Special Needs Trust

Overview

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (1.00 hr)
Learn about the tax-advantaged Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (Texas ABLE) Program—a savings program created just for Texans with disabilities. This session covers the basics of Texas ABLE and highlights how an ABLE account can be used in conjunction with a Special Needs Trust (SNT) to help Texans with disabilities save and plan for the future and keep certain public benefits.

If you cannot watch the entire webcast at its scheduled time, register now and view the recording and eCourse when it is available in “Your Briefcase” after the webcast. Earn CLE credit (in TX and CA) on your time!

Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

Time

Credit

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Speaker
Friday Morning, Feb. 28, 2020
11:30 am

1.00 hr

How the Texas ABLE® Program Works with a Special Needs Trust

Learn about the tax-advantaged Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (Texas ABLE) Program. Texas ABLE is savings program created just for Texans with disabilities—and it is a game changer. The program is based on federal and state legislation and is administered by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. This session covers the basics of Texas ABLE and highlights how an ABLE account can be used in conjunction with a Special Needs Trust (SNT) to help Texans with disabilities save and plan for the future and keep certain public benefits.

This session also explains how a Texas ABLE account could be an alternative to a SNT when the amount of funds available is not enough to justify the cost of establishing and maintaining a SNT. Discover how a Texas ABLE account can complement a SNT by transfer of funds from a SNT to the ABLE account to pay for food, clothing, and shelter without affecting government benefits. Hear how a Texas ABLE account can be used to allow an eligible individual the independence to manage smaller amounts of money. And learn how a Texas ABLE account can be used to save up to $100,000 for qualified disability expenses without jeopardizing means-tested federal and state benefits, or up to $500,000 if eligibility for government benefits is not a concern.

Linda Fernandez, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - Austin, TX
Kevin Lyons, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - Austin, TX
12:30 pm

Presentation Concludes

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Conference Faculty

Linda Fernandez

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Austin, TX

Kevin Lyons

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Austin, TX

Credit Info

STUDIO WEBCAST

MCLE Credit

Texas – 1.00 hr

You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you upon claiming credit. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number provided on your certificate of attendance.

California – 1.00 hr

To claim California MCLE credit, California credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Other States – 1.00 hr

Note on Self-Reporting Your Credits in Another State

If you wish to satisfy MCLE or other professional education requirements in another state for a program offered by the University of Texas School of Law, please check with the state bar or other licensing authority in that state to ensure it will qualify for self-reporting your credits.

To claim Other States MCLE credit, Other States credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records and to provide to other licensing authorities as needed.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Key Dates

STUDIO WEBCAST – Feb 28, 2020

Conference Concluded

2020 STUDIO WEBCAST

How the Texas ABLE® Program Works with a Special Needs Trust

STUDIO WEBCAST Feb 28, 2020
Conference Concluded

Pre-order in eCourse format

Overview

Event Schedule

Friday Morning, Feb. 28, 2020

Conference Faculty

Linda Fernandez

Kevin Lyons

Credit Info

MCLE Credit

Key Dates

2020 STUDIO WEBCAST

How the Texas ABLE® Program Works with a Special Needs Trust

STUDIO WEBCAST Feb 28, 2020 Conference Concluded

Pre-order in eCourse format

Overview

Event Schedule

Friday Morning, Feb. 28, 2020

Conference Faculty

Linda Fernandez

Kevin Lyons

Credit Info

MCLE Credit

Key Dates

Stay in the loop with UT Law CLE

STUDIO WEBCAST Feb 28, 2020
Conference Concluded