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PA Health Law Project Toll-Free Helpline - Call: 1-800-274-3258 The PA Health Law Project provides free legal services and advocacy to Pennsylvanians having trouble accessing publicly funded health care coverage or services. For assistance, call the PHLP Helpline at 1-800-274-3258 or 1-866-236-6310 TTY or e-mail the PHLP at staff@phlp.org. Information from the PHLP is also available online at www.phlp.org.
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Programs:A manual for consumers and advocates [PDF]
(Separate Website)
This manual provides information on Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver
Programs in Pennsylvania. Under these programs Pennsylvania gets the Federal Government to waive, or not apply, existing service limits to individuals with disabilities who require healthcare and supportive services in order to remain in their home or community based setting. (PDF Format, 20 pages)
By: Pennsylvania Health Law Project
AIDS and the Law: Your Rights in Pennsylvania (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This is an easy-to-read, 61 page handbook about the rights of people living with HIV and AIDS in Pennsylvania.
By: AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
Returning to Work: A Helpful Guide (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This is a guide for people with AIDS who are attempting to return to work. This guide will tell you what to expect when re-entering the workforce and how to gauge the effect a return to work will have on Social Security benefits.
By: AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
The HIPAA Privacy Rule (PDF)
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Information on the Standards for Privacy of Individually Indentifiable Health Information (Privacy Rule) which came into effect on April 14, 2001. The rule creates national standards to protect individuals' personal health information and gives patients increased access to their own medical records.
By: AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
Comparison of Pennsylvania Confidentiality of HIV-Related Information Act and Federal HIPAA (PDF)
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A Comparison of the Pennsylvania Confidentiality of HIV-Related Information Act (Act 148) and the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
By: AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
PA AIDS Law Report: May 1994 - Documenting Personal Decisions (PDF)
(Separate Website)
Information on documenting personal life decisions regarding health care and financial issues made in advance of decisional incapacity.
By: AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
PA AIDS Law Report: March 1994 - AIDS/HIV and Discrimination: Protection Under Federal and State Law
(Separate Website)
Information on protections under Federal and State law against discrimination based on AIDS/HIV status. (PDF)
By: AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
PA AIDS Law Report: July 1993 - Act 148: The Confidentiality of HIV-Related Information Act (PDF)
(Separate Website)
Information on Act 148, the Confidentiality of HIV-Related Information Act.
By: AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
Online Applications, Benefit Screening, Resources and Forms
Application for Person with a Disability or Hearing Impaired Registration (PDF)
(Separate Website)
PA Department of Transportation Application form (MV-145) for a vehicle registration plate or plate decal.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Person with Disability Parking Placard Application (PDF)
(Separate Website)
PA Department of Transportation Application form (MV-145A) for a Disability Parking Placard.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
Workers with Disabilities
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Information about the protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act for workers with disabilities
By: Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Access to Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet provides a brief overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act's physical accessibility requirements with which public accommodations and commercial facilities must comply.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Accessible Parking for People with Disabilities (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This booklet addresses several issues relating to parking for people with disabilities to give you some general guidance on what the law does and does not provide.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Curb Ramps: Getting From Here to There (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This Fact Sheet provides general information about the obligations of governments and public accommodations to assure access to sidewalks, including installing curb ramps (sometimes called curb cuts), under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Discriminatory Zoning and the Fair Housing Act (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This booklet is designed to acquaint people with disabilities, advocates, providers, and attorneys with the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and, in particular, its impact on state and local zoning laws and land use regulations.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Reasonable Accommodations for Tenant Posing "Direct Threat" to Others (PDF)
(Separate Website)
This information sheet from Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law explores what constitutes a ?direct threat? to others not requiring a reasonable accomodation, what kinds of behavior have triggered the exclusion in the past, and finally what circumstances will require a reasonable
accommodation despite a tenant?s admittedly threatening behavior.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Assistive Technology for Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
(Separate Website)
Information on the use of assistive technology for persons with traumatic brain injury
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
How to Appeal a Medical Assistance Denial of Assistive Technology
(Separate Website)
This manual will explain your rights when Medical Assistance, including your Medical Assistance managed health care plan, denies prior authorization or denies a program exception. This includes an approval of something less or different than what your doctor prescribed.
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
Assistive Technology: How to Pay for the Device or Service That You Need
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Information on resources available to pay for assistive technology
By: Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania
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