Medical-Legal Partnerships

Clinics should have collaborations with local legal practices to support the overwhelmingly increasing number of patients who have to deal with legal issues that negatively impact their health.

Some examples of legal services may be an attorney working on-site at the clinic, providing legal assistance and representation for patients on a variety of issues, including public benefits (Social Security and disability, Medicare/ Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, etc.); housing (Section 8, subsidized housing, habitability, etc.); advanced directives (powers of attorney, wills, and living wills); guardianship and kinship care; and immigration.

Examples of such doctor-lawyer partnership: 

- People's Community Clinic (PCC) in Central Texas and Texas Legal Services Center (TLSC).

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