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List of AIDS Law Project Publications
AIDS and the Law: Your Rights in Pennsylvania, 3rd
Ed. January 1998
*Please Note, we no longer have booklets available, but you can download
a copy below. A newer version is currently being worked on and we hope
to have it available sometime within the next 6 months*
This is an easy-to-read, 61 page handbook
about the rights of people living with HIV and AIDS in Pennsylvania. It
is published by the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, the only agency
providing free legal services to people with HIV and AIDS statewide. You
can turn to this guide for help with just about any AIDS-related legal
question.
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Public Benefits Advocacy Manual: A comprehensive
guide to securing SSI/SSD Welfare, Medicaid, Medicare and Food Stamps
with HIV/AIDS, October 2002
The AIDS Law Project
of Pennsylvania offers a detailed, comprehensive and easy-to-use 200
page manual on eligibility for public benefits in Pennsylvania. Each
chapter provides detailed descriptions, flow charts, advocacy tips and
examples to ensure prompt approval of public benefit applications. Most
forms necessary to apply for benefits are included. Topics include:
Social Security
benefits - General Assistance - TANF - Medical Assistance Healthy
Horizons - Healthy Beginnings - "Spend Down" - Medicaid AIDS Waiver -
Medicare - Food Stamps - Special Pharmaceutical Benefits Program (SPBP)
- Immigrant eligibility - Criminal record eligibility issues
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Pennsylvania AIDS Law Report Issues #1, 2 & 3
July 1993 - Issue #1: Act 148: The Confidentiality of
HIV-Related Information Act
March 1994 - Issue #2: AIDS/HIV and Discrimination:
Protection Under Federal and State Laws
May 1994 - Issue #3: Documenting Personal Decisions
Returning To Work: A Helpful Guide, December 2002
New medications are
helping many people with AIDS feel well enough to go back to work.
Newspapers are full of stories about people with AIDS returning to the
workforce. However, no one should feel pressured to go back to work
until they are ready.
The first step in
deciding to return to work is to meet with your doctor to determine if
you are physically able to return to work. If you and your doctor decide
you are able 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 your Social Security benefits.
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HIPAA / Act 148 Comparison Chart
Comparison of
Pennsylvania Confidentiality of HIV-Related Information Act and Federal
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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HIPAA Privacy Rule
The Standards for
Privacy of Individually Indentifiable Health Information (Privacy Rule)
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. The mandate for the
Privacy Rule comes from the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, Public Law 104-191. In response to
the HIPAA mandate, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
published a final regulation in the form ofthe privacy Rule in December
2000. The rule was corrected in February 2001, and then final
modifications were adopted in August 2002.
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Petitions for compassionate release of inmates in
Pennsylvania State Correctional Institutions
Click here for petitions
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone:
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