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History
- Referred to health
Companion bill
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Relates to health-related legal services programs
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Richard Gottfried
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7973
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to health-related legal services programs
Purpose or general idea of bill
To promote collaborations between health care service providers and legal aid programs to resolve practical needs that have an impact on patient health.
Summary of specific provisions
Adds a new section 22 to the Public Health law, to establish a program within the Health Department to establish standards for and award grants to health related legal services programs that serve low-income individuals and families.
Justification
Medical professionals in New York State are finding that their low income patients often require legal services to assist them in accessing healthcare and in resolving the non-medical issues that impact their health. The Health Related Legal Services Program responds to this need.
Through these programs, also known as medical-legal aid partnerships, lawyers in collaboration with healthcare professionals address basic needs including food, housing, healthcare access, education and safety, so to remove barriers that may impede recovery or endanger health. Typically, a low-income patient referred to legal aid by a health care provider has multiple unmet socio-economic problems that legal assistance can resolve.
This bill will promote collaboration between health care professionals and lawyers, usually in health care settings, drawing on the strength of the two professions in order to leverage community resources to benefit low-income children and adults.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Some staffing expense would be experience by the department. Grants would be authorized subject to appropriation.
Effective date
Immediately.
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