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1. Disabilities Guidebook: State of Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan
   Information for Illinois residents who are unable to get private health insurance about applying for the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services; Updated by Stephanie Altman, Health & Disability Advocates 2013
   Updated: 04/16/2013
2. Disabilities Guidebook: Right to Confidentiality for People with HIV or AIDS
   Information for persons with HIV or AIDS about your rights to confidentiality under the AIDS Confidentiality Act of Illinois, how to know if those rights have been violated and how to enforce your rights
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services and Revisions by Illinois Legal Aid Online; Revisions by Ruth Edwards and Ann Hilton Fisher, Aids Legal Council of Chicago
   Updated: 04/16/2013
3. Disabilities Guidebook: Health Care Surrogates
   Explains how Illinois law allows family members, friends, or guardians to make medical treatment decisions for people who are unable to make such decisions
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services; Updated by Tom Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
   Updated: 03/21/2013
4. Disabilities Guidebook: Advance Directives, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills
   Explains how Illinois laws authorize advance directives, such as a Power of Attorney or a Living Will
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services; Updated by Tom Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
   Updated: 03/21/2013
5. Disabilities Guidebook: Advance Directives for Mental Health Treatment
   Explains Illinois law, which allows you to give advance instructions about your mental health treatment
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services; Updated by Tom Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
   Updated: 03/21/2013
6. Illinois Medicaid Redetermination Project
   An explanation of the Illinois Medicaid Redetermination Project (IMRP) which will review Medicaid beneficiaries' continuing eligibility for the program.
   Author: Make Medicare Work Coalition
   Updated: 01/31/2013
7. PILI Educational Seminar: The Affordable Care Act
   On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, putting in place comprehensive reforms to health coverage. This webcast discusses whre the law stands now and its impact on legal aid clients
   Presenter(s): Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI)
   Updated: 01/07/2013
8. CountyCare: Medicaid Program for Uninsured Adults in Cook County
   CountyCare is a Medicaid program through the Affordable Care Act(Healthcare Reform).
   Author: Cook County Health & Hospitals System
   Updated: 11/21/2012
9. Illinois Medical Assistance for Long Term Care
   Information on nursing homes, supportive living facilities and community care program services
   Author: Equip for Equality
   Updated: 09/28/2012
10. Senior Citizens Handbook - Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefits
    Information about receiving prescription drug benefits under Medicare Part D
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 09/28/2012
11. Senior Citizens Handbook - Community Care Program
    Includes what the Community Care Program is, eligibility, applying, appealing denials and terminations
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 09/28/2012
12. Health Care in Illinois
    Links to information about Medicaid, Aid for the Aged, Blind & Disabled, coverage for families with children, Medicare Buy-in, the right to emergency medical treatment, and the Illinois Pharmaceutical Assistance Program.
    Author: Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation
    Updated: 09/28/2012
13. Senior Citizens Handbook: The Pharmaceutical Assistance Program
    Information about Illinois Cares Rx, a pharmaceutical assistance program for senior and persons with disabilities
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 07/12/2012
14. Civil Unions: Important Estate Planning Considerations
    Information for Illinois civil union partners to consider regarding estate planning, including: income taxes, inheritance laws, and healthcare decisions.
    Presenter(s): Center on Halsted Legal Program
    Updated: 06/21/2012
15. Disability Rights Consortium at Equip for Equality: Special Needs Trusts
    Information about special needs trusts for people with disabilities.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality - Northeastern Illinois Office
    Updated: 06/18/2012
16. CBA Legal Aid Committee Meeting, The Move to Community Integration: Colbert, Ligas and Williams
    The meeting focuses on three recent class action settlements that will offer thousands of people with disabilities in institutions and nursing homes in Illinois the choice to live and participate in their own communities.
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 03/14/2012
17. Medicare Cost Sharing Programs
    The basics of the three Medicare Cost Sharing Programs.
    Author: Revisions Contributed by, Carrie Chapman, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 11/16/2011
18. Senior Citizens Handbook - Medicaid
    Information about Medicaid, including how it works and who is eligible
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 11/01/2011
19. Medicaid & General Assistance Medical Assistance
    Medicaid overview, including categories of eligibility, procedural rules, provider rules, information about general assistance medical assistance, liens and other claims
    Author: Revisions by: Amy Marinacci, Carrie Chapman, & Katie Shelton, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 09/06/2011
20. Assisting Seniors with Advanced Directives
    This training is designed for pro bono attorneys who wish to assist seniors draft advance directives, such as powers of attorney and living wills.
    Presenter(s): Prairie State Legal Services - Peoria Office
    Updated: 08/19/2011
21. Medical Debt Relief
    Webcast on medical care for those who are both uninsured and ineligible for public benefits
    Presenter(s): Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 06/29/2011
22. Pro Bono Senior Center Initiative Training
    Training on how prepare Powers of Attorney for Health Care and Property, as well as Living Will Declarations.
    Presenter(s): Center for Disability and Elder Law
    Updated: 05/09/2011
23. Powers of Attorney and Advanced Directive Packet
    HotDoc interview to create: Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care or for Property, Living Will, and Cremation Declaration plus necessary Notices and Certifications
    Author: Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 05/09/2011
24. Senior Citizens Handbook - Medicare
    Information about Medicare, including Parts A (hospital insurance), B (medical insurance), and C, how it works, who is eligible, what it costs, how to apply, services covered, supplemental policies, QMB, SLIB, and what to do if your claim is denied
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 05/06/2011
25. Disabilities Guidebook: The Medicare Program
    Information for people age 65 or over, people with disabilities and people with kidney failure about their eligibility for Medicare
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 05/06/2011

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