§ 22 — Health-related legal services program

New York § 22

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBH: Public Health
• Title 2: General Provisions
• Art. 1: Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions

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§ 22. Health-related legal services program. 1. As used in this\nsection, "health-related legal services program" means a program that is\na collaboration between health care service providers and legal services\nprograms to provide on site legal services without charge to assist, on\na voluntary basis, income eligible patients and their families to\nresolve legal matters or needs that have an impact on patient health or\nare created or aggravated by a patient's health. For the purpose of this\nsection, legal matters may include, but shall not be limited to:\n (a) housing, including utilities;\n (b) public or private health insurance coverage;\n (c) employment and eligibility for employment benefits;\n (d) government benefits;\n (e) immigration;\n (f) family law, including, but not limited to, domestic violence,\nguardianship, custody, and child support;\n (g) advance planning, including, but not limited to, wills, health\ncare proxies, powers of attorney and permanency planning;\n (h) special education; and\n (i) debtor and creditor issues.\n 2. The department may designate health-related legal services programs\nthat comply with standards and guidelines established for such programs.\nThe department shall work with legal services organizations, community\nhealth advocacy organizations, hospitals, diagnostic and treatment\ncenters and other primary and specialty health care providers, to\nestablish standards and guidelines for health-related legal services\nprograms that are designated under this section.\n 3. A health-related legal services program designated under this\nsection shall be a not-for-profit entity operated by or affiliated with\none or more legal services organizations, law schools, social services\norganizations, or health care providers, and it shall comply with the\nstandards, guidelines and regulations under this section, and have\ndemonstrated ability and experience to provide high quality\nhealth-related legal services meeting the needs of the population to be\nserved.\n