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LegalHealth brings together legal and medical professionals to improve the lives of low-income children and adults with serious health concerns – where and when they need it most. Because medical and legal needs are often intertwined LegalHealth provides free legal services to patients within the medical setting and educates healthcare professionals to better address their patients’ needs. By creating this partnership, LegalHealth adds a new dimension to healthcare: legal care.

For more information about NYLAG’s LegalHealth, please visit www.legalhealth.org.

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Services Include:
• On Site Legal Clinics: LegalHealth offers weekly legal clinics at New York City hospitals. The clinics are conducted by staff attorneys who receive the intakes from physicians, social workers, and other medical professionals.

• Monthly clinics are also conducted at associated community - based health advocacy organizations.

• Training: LegalHealth provides training to medical professionals on legal matters that directly affect the health care needs of their patients.

• Resource Services: LegalHealth serves as a resource to affiliated healthcare organizations, providing legal consultation and assistance regarding their patients.

• Direct Representation and Referral: LegalHealth represents patients in legal matters.