Tuesday, March 8, 2022
The second session of the Toolkit Webinar Series focused on the unique civil legal needs of immigrant populations. Omar Martinez, JD, MPH, MS (Temple University), Emily Arnold, PhD (UCSF), and Rodrigo Stein, MSc (La Clínica del Pueblo) spoke from their experience with immigrant-serving MLPs. The event ended with a case study on La Clínica del Pueblo's patient population and various partnerships....Read More
Monday, January 21, 2013
Under the amended New York State Public Health Law (PHL), section 22 now allows legal entities to register with the Department of Health as “health-related legal services programs.” New York is the first state to recognize medical-legal partnership as an important health intervention and create a process to certify programs....Read More
Thursday, May 29, 2014
The state of Georgia passed a bill codifying medical-legal partnerships in the state of Georgia. The new law gives the Georgia Department of Community Health authorization to approve medical-legal partnerships that comply with standards and guidelines for the purpose of determining eligibility for grants. ...Read More
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
The American Bar Association (ABA) passed a resolution encouraging all in the legal profession to dedicate time at medical-legal partnerships to specifically address patients’ health and well-being. The ABA is the first professional association to formally endorse medical-legal partnership....Read More
