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Legal Resources

• Access to Health Care

  In Texas, each non-profit hospital is required to provide a certain amount of free health care to people who have no health insurance, or cannot afford to pay for hospital care. Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Attorney General

• Asbestos and Mesothelioma Information

  Information and resources on legal rights and other issues for those suffering from Mesothelioma caused by exposure to asbestos. Content Detail

• Information and Services for Caregivers

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  By:

  Department of Aging and Disability Services

• Legal Guide for Cancer Patients

  This Guide helps cancer patients and their families understand the laws that affect their daily lives and helps familiarize them with the legal issues that may surface during a battle with cancer. Available in English and Spanish. Read More

  By:

  Texas Young Lawyers Association

• Medical Transportation Program

  Provides transportation to eligible Medicaid recipients for covered health care services when no other transportation is available. Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Health and Human Services Commission

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  Spanish / Español

• Out-of-Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Information and Form

  "The Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate program allows people to decide that they do not want to be resuscitated. The program allows people to declare that certain resuscitative measures will not be used on them. Those resuscitative measures specifically listed in the OOH DNR legislation are cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), advanced airway management, defibrillation, artificial ventilations and transcutaneous cardiac pacing." Content Detail

  By:

  Texas Department of State Health Services

• Protecting the Incapacitated: A Guide to Guardianship in Texas from Application to Oath

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  By:

  Texas Young Lawyer's Association