Know your rights, where to get help and ways to help yourself
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Know Your Rights
Colorado Mental Health Parity Law This law mandates coverage for treatment of biologically based mental illness that is no less extensive than the coverage provided for any other physical illness.
By: Division of Insurance, State of Colorado
Information about Mental Health
(Separate Website)
Mental health information, including news and forums for consumers on topics such as your rights, employment and information for older adults.
By: The Center for Mental Health Services' Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN)
Mental Health Wellness and Addressing the Stigma
(Separate Website)
Colorado Health Networks has many resources for consumers and families who are working on their recovery. These resources include wellness tip sheets, newsletters, and consumer education programs.
By: Colorado Health Networks
Your rights if held against your will
Information about mental health certification, including legal rights if you are held for this reason.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Advance Preparations for Mental Health Treatment
(Separate Website)
This site has forms you can use to prepare a legal document in advance to express your choices about mental health treatment.
By: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Mental health services for people without Medicaid
A brief explanation of the availability of mental health services from Community Mental Health Centers and clinics located throughout Colorado and a link to center and clinic locations.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Mental Health Services and Medicaid
Information about what to do and who to contact if you are denied or are not happy with the quality of mental health services you are receiving and you have Medicaid benefits.
By: Colorado Legal Services
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A Resource for Disability Rights and Elder Law Information
(Separate Website)
The Legal Center uses the legal system to protect and promote individual rights through direct legal representation, advocacy, education and legislative analysis.
By: The Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People
Job Accomodations for People with Mental Illness
By: Project T.R.A.I.N. - Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Arrested? What Happens to Your Benefits If You Go to Jail or Prison?
(Separate Website)
This guide explains what will happen to your federal benefits if you are arrested and held in jail or prison, and how you can get them back when you are released. The guide must be ordered through their website and costs $2.50 per booklet.
By: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Access Mental Health Treatment Through the Colorado Public Mental Health System
(Separate Website)
Colorado's Public mental health system currently includes seventeen (17) community mental health centers (CMHCs), five (5) Behavioral Health Organizations (BHOs) and seven (7) specialty clinics. Read on to learn more and find treatment provider you need.
By: CDHS
Colorado's Publicly Funded Mental Health System
(Separate Website)
List by county of Colorado's Publicly Funded Mental Health Centers
By: CDHS
Pickle/Medicaid Eligibility Screen - 2009 If you now receive Social Security Disability or Retirement benefits, but do not get Medicaid benefits, you may be eligible for Medicaid under a law known as the Pickle Amendment. Find out if you meet the income requirements for Medicaid.
By: Colorado Legal Services - with contributed information
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