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1. The Legal Aid Safety Net: A Report on the Legal Needs of Low-Income Illinoisans, Chicago Bar Association et al.

   This report provides some support for advocates seeking to demonstrate the connection between access to legal services and address to essential services necessary to maintain health. It documents the need for legal assistance among low-income individuals ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 11/8/2020 3:50pm

2. The Health of Homeless Adults in New York City, New York City Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and Homeless Services (2005)

   This report discusses relationships between homelessness and health and puts them in context by studying the health of the homeless population in New York City. As the report notes, having physical illness and deteriorating mental health can contribute to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 2/14/2020 3:37pm

3. Decision of the Director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Sustaining an Appeal of a Denial of Coverage (2005)

   In this administrative decision, the Director of The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)—Arizona’s Medicaid program—overturned the AHCCCS‘s denial of coverage of a liver transplant for a woman living with HIV. The decision concludes that ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

4. Appellant's Position Statement, Appeal Before the Director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Lambda Legal

   Community Legal Services, Inc. and Lambda Legal filed an appeal on behalf of the appellant, a woman living with HIV who was denied coverage for her liver transplant by Arizona’s Medicaid program (AHCCCS). AHCCCS refused to cover transplants for individual ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

5. Pehle v. Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co., 397 F.3d 897 (10th Cir. 2005)

   Relying on Wyoming common law, the federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that if an insurance company’s HIV testing of a life insurance applicant reveals HIV infection, the insurance company has a duty to provide the applicant with enough infor ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

6. Idaho AIDS Found., Inc. v. Idaho Hous. & Fin. Ass'n, 422 F. Supp. 2d 1193 (D. Idaho 2006)

   Using funds provided under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program, plaintiff provided housing assistance, including medical health services, case management, and other supportive services to people living with HIV/AIDS. The defend ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 2/25/2020 4:28pm

7. International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, 2006 Consolidated Version, UNHCHR & UNAIDS, HR/PUB/06/9

   A revised and consolidated version of the original guidelines published in 1996, the purpose of the Guidelines is “to assist States in creating a positive, rights-based response to HIV that is effective in reducing the transmission and impact of HIV and A ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 6/30/2020 4:29pm

8. Planning Your Health Care in Advance: How to Make Your End-of-Life Wishes Known and Honored, New York State Office of the Attorney General (2005)

   This thorough consumer guide to New York law provides information and sample forms to help users exercise their right to make treatment decisions and ensure that their wishes for end-of-life-care are understood and respected by care givers, family, and fr ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 7/25/2019 2:08pm

9. Complexities in HIV Consent in Adolescents, Wing Wah Ho et al., 44 Clinical Pediatrics 473 (2005)

   This article reviews the laws of informed consent and confidentiality related to HIV testing and treatment in adolescents, who represent a large proportion of people living with HIV. There is no uniform policy on minors' rights to consent to HIV test ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm