Know your rights, where to get help and ways to help yourself
There are 117 resources
Page 1 of 2
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Report a Problem
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
(Separate Website)
CPSC protects the public from the unreasonable risk of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, read through this information.
By: Office of Information and Public Affairs
Protect Your Family and Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
(Separate Website)
Explains the hazards of exposure to carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless, odorless gas which can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, faintness, and, at high levels, death. Provides guidance on what to do if you think you are suffering from CO poisoning and what to do to prevent exposure to CO.
By: Environmental Protection Agency
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Colorado Indigent Care Program (CICP)
This program provides services on a sliding scale depending on the patient's resources and income. It also provides partial reimbursement to providers for offering medical care to eligible underinsured residents.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Find Health Insurance Coverage for Your Child
(Separate Website)
This resource describes specific initiatives towards expanding health care coverage in Colorado and helps individuals with eligibility information in finding health care coverage.
By: Cover the Uninsured
Children's Basic Health Plan (CHP+)
(Separate Website)
Health insurance coverage for children 18 years and younger from low-income families . This program also offers health care options for uninsured pregnant women.
By: Child Health Plan Plus
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
A guide to the appeal process for private insurance
(Separate Website)
Tips on how to appeal a denial if you have private insurance.
By: Patient Advocate Foundation
Coverage for your newborn or newly adopted child
(Separate Website)
Make sure your baby's health needs will be covered.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
How does a person know if he/she qualifies for Medicaid?
(Separate Website)
If you are pregnant now or have children born after September 30, 1983, you may qualify for Medicaid.
By: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Health coverage for your special needs child
(Separate Website)
When your child has special health care needs, the Medicaid program may offer the coverage that you need to keep your child healthy and active.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
Health insurance for college students
(Separate Website)
Check out these tips for taking care of your child's health insurance needs if you have a son or daughter who is getting ready to leave for college.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
Paying the hospital bill after having a baby
(Separate Website)
Information on a law which requires health insurance companies to cover hospital stays of a certain length after child birth.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Private Insurance Checklist
(Separate Website)
Questions to guide you as you learn about a managed care plan and the needs of a child with special health care needs.
By: Family Voices
Children's Mental Health: Resource List
(Separate Website)
Links to resources about medications, special needs, school, behavior, depression, coping skills for children and adolescents.
By: Mental Health America
Child Mental Health Treatment Act
(Separate Website)
The Act allows families to access residential treatment services for their child without requiring a dependency and neglect action, when there is no child abuse or neglect.
By: Colorado Department of Human Services
Child Welfare and Mental Health
(Separate Website)
Creating a level playing field for all children is a mission that CDF cannot accomplish alone. We often work with or refer people to many other organizations nationwide who are working to improve the lives of children. A list of some of them is on this site.
By: Children's Defense Fund
Protect your family's health...with confidence
(Separate Website)
Explains how you can get low-cost or free health coverage and answers questions about children's health coverage when a parent is not a U.S. citizen. Also a guide for families with concerns about immigration status.
By: Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+)
Applying for disability benefits for your child
(Separate Website)
These factsheets tell you what you should know when you apply for SSI disability benefits for your child and what information and documents for your child that you will need for the disability interview.
By: Social Security Administration
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Colorado PEAK
(Separate Website)
This interactive website allows potential applicants the ability to check for possible eligibility for food assistance, cash assistance, and medical assistance through the "Am I Eligible" function, and allows existing clients to check the status of their benefits through the"Check My Benefits" function.
By: Colorado Dept. of Human Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Protecting Children from Pesticides
(Separate Website)
This site explains why pesticides are harmful to a child's development.
By: Environmental Protection Agency
Talk with a Lawyer on Law Line 9
An advice line providing brief direction on legal problems.
By: Channel 9 News in Denver, Colorado
A Consumer Guide to Handling Disputes with Your Employer or Private Health Plan
(Separate Website)
This is the most current update - 2005. This guide will help you navigate your employer or private health plan?s internal grievance procedure, as well as any external review program your state may have. The guide is not applicable, however, for resolving disputes if you have Medicare or Medicaid coverage.
A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Colorado
(Separate Website)
By: healthinsuranceinfo.net
A Guide to Health Services for the Uninsured in Colorado
(Separate Website)
Download this guide to health services for uninsured individuals. Go to the website and click on the links on the left side of the page. (You must have Acrobat Reader on your computer to open this file. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Acrobat icon to download.)
By: Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
A guide to the appeal process for private insurance
(Separate Website)
Tips on how to appeal a denial if you have private insurance.
By: Patient Advocate Foundation
Can I get government health benefits?
(Separate Website)
This is a free, confidential tool that helps you find government benefits you may be eligible to receive.
By: govbenefits.gov
CoverColorado (Health Insurance)
This program offers health insurance to Colorado residents who cannot purchase affordable health insurance because of preexisting medical conditions.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Divorce and insurance
(Separate Website)
After a divorce, you will still want to make sure that your children have health insurance. Learn how you can keep them covered.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
Filing Your Group Health Claim If your group medical and dental benefits are provided by your private sector employer (not a government unit or religious group), this information applies to you. (You must have Acrobat Reader on your computer to open this file. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Acrobat icon to download.)
By: American Bar Association and the Law in Public Service Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Handling disputes with your employer or private health plan
(Separate Website)
This guide will help you through your employer or private health plan's internal review procedure and any external review program your state may have. The guide is not for people who have Medicare or Medicaid coverage.
By: Kaiser Family Foundation
Health coverage for your special needs child
(Separate Website)
When your child has special health care needs, the Medicaid program may offer the coverage that you need to keep your child healthy and active.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
Health Insurance Beyond Medicare
(Separate Website)
This chapter in the Senior Law Handbook has information on how to compare policies, employers group health insurance plans, long-term care insurance and more. (The Senior Law Handbook is a project of the Colorado Bar Association's Elder Law Forum Committee and the Trust and Estate Section.)
By: Colorado Bar Association - Senior Law Handbook
Health insurance for college students
(Separate Website)
Check out these tips for taking care of your child's health insurance needs if you have a son or daughter who is getting ready to leave for college.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
Health insurance for Seniors and people with disabilities
(Separate Website)
Medicare is a health insurance program for people 65 years of age and older, some disabled people under 65 years of age, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure treated with dialysis or a transplant).
By: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Healthcare for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services
(Separate Website)
This Web site explains the rules for TRICARE. This is health care for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), their families, and survivors.
By: U.S. Department of Defense
Insurance to Supplement Medicare
(Separate Website)
If you want to stay in original Medicare, you may want to look into your options for supplemental coverage. Without such coverage, your out-of-pocket costs could be high if you require medical care. Supplemental insurance helps pay the deductibles and coinsurance costs that original Medicare does not cover.
By: Kaiser Family Foundation
Know Your Rights
(Separate Website)
If government agents question you, it is important to understand your rights. You should be careful in the way you speak when approached by the police, FBI or DHS. If you give answers, they can be used against you in a criminal, immigration, or civil case.
By: American Civil Liberties Union
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Long term care insurance
(Separate Website)
This website page has questions and answers such as "What is long-term care?, What does it cost?" and information about insurance policies.
By: State of Colorado Division of Insurance
Preexisting Medical Conditions and Health Insurance
(Separate Website)
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) limits the time a group health plan can stop you from getting coverage because of a "preexisting condition" exclusion.
By: Minnesota Department of Health
Private Insurance Checklist
(Separate Website)
Questions to guide you as you learn about a managed care plan and the needs of a child with special health care needs.
By: Family Voices
Retiree health insurance benefits
(Separate Website)
If you are a retiree, under age 65 and your retiree health insurance benefits are being discontinued this information is for you. (Please note: this document is a Microsoft Word document - you must have Microsoft Word on your computer in order to be able to open this document.)
By: Health Assistance Partnership
Talk with a Lawyer on Law Line 9
An advice line providing brief direction on legal problems.
By: Channel 9 News in Denver, Colorado
Temporary Health Insurance Option
(Separate Website)
Temporary health insurance available for employees (and their families) who have been terminated or those who lose coverage because of reduced work hours.
By: COBRA Health Insurance
The Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA)
PERA provides public employees of the State of Colorado with retirement, disability and survivors benefits.
By: Colorado Legal Services
What to do when TRICARE says no
(Separate Website)
If you have a dispute with a decision about your benefits made by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) or by a TRICARE contractor (in regards to your Military Healthcare Plan), you have the right to to ask for another opinion on the decision.
By: U.S. Department of Defense
Your rights regarding health insurance
Do you know your rights in regards to health insurance? Do you know how to file a complaint if you are having a problem?
By: State of Colorado Division of Insurance
Answers to Basic Questions about Medicaid
(Separate Website)
Answers to questions like "What is Medicaid?", "What is the difference between Medicaid and Medicare?", and "Who can get Medicaid?".
By: The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation
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
Colorado PEAK
(Separate Website)
This interactive website allows potential applicants the ability to check for possible eligibility for food assistance, cash assistance, and medical assistance through the "Am I Eligible" function, and allows existing clients to check the status of their benefits through the"Check My Benefits" function.
By: Colorado Dept. of Human Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Finding an Advocate
This is a list of advocate groups that can assist people with disabilities with legal issues. It includes contact information, as well as a brief summary of the kinds of issues each organization handles.
By: Colorado Legal Services - Denver, CO
Health coverage for your special needs child
(Separate Website)
When your child has special health care needs, the Medicaid program may offer the coverage that you need to keep your child healthy and active.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
How does a person know if he/she qualifies for Medicaid?
(Separate Website)
If you are pregnant now or have children born after September 30, 1983, you may qualify for Medicaid.
By: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Information about Medicaid and how to enroll
(Separate Website)
HealthColorado provides information about Medicaid health plans and help with how to enroll in the program.
By: HealthColorado
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Medicaid Buy-In for Working People with Disabilities
(Separate Website)
Information about the option to provide Medicaid to working people with disabilities whose earnings are too high for them to qualify.
By: The Work Site
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
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
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
New Citizenship ID Rules for Medicaid
By: Colorado Legal Services
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
Use this tool to Find out Where to Apply for Benefits
(Separate Website)
If you aren't sure where to go in your geographic location in Colorado, you can use this tool to help you find out where to go to apply for benefits.
By: Colorado Department of Healthcare and Financing
What if Medicaid denies coverage for something that I need?
(Separate Website)
A fact sheet on your appeal rights when Medicaid will not pay for something that you need.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
What you need to know about Medicaid
(Separate Website)
This chapter explains important information you need to know about Medicaid, including the long term care offered, eligibility requirements and enrollment processes. (The Senior Law Handbook is a project of the Colorado Bar Association's Elder Law and Trust and Estate Section.)
By: Colorado Bar Association - Senior Law Handbook
Your Right to Appeal
This document has information about appealing a decision that was handed down in an administrative hearing.
By: Colorado Legal Services
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
Drug Cost Relief
(Separate Website)
This information will tell you more about the program, including whether you qualify, and if so, how to apply.
By: Partnership for Prescription Assistance
Extra Help
(Separate Website)
Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for the extra help if they have limited income and resources. The extra help can increase their cost savings by paying for part of the monthly premiums, annual deductibles and prescription co-payments under the new prescription drug program. The extra help could be worth up to $3,600 per year.
Facts You Need to Know About Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Cards
(Separate Website)
This website will help you answer the basic questions about Medicare-Approved Drug Discount cards.
By: U. S. Department of Health & Human Services
Fraud Alert! 2009 Medicare Enrollment Current Fraud Alert describes the upcoming Medicare enrollment period regulations and forbidden practices to look out for to reduce your chances of being scamed.
By: Denver D.A. Office
Help I Couldn't Get My Prescription Filled: What's Going On and What Can I Do About It?
(Separate Website)
This document will help answer the following questions about the new Medicare Prescription Plan and your prescriptions: How will I know why I couldn't get my prescription filled? What are some reasons why I couldn't get my prescription filled? What can I do about it? Who can help me get a drug through my Medicare Prescription Drug Plan when the plan has said it won't cover the drug?
By: www.seniorark.com
Help with Prescription Drug Costs This tells how to get extra help with your prescription drug costs. Social Security will need to know your income, value of your savings, investments and real estate (other than your home).
By: Social Security and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
How do you apply for Medicare benefits?
(Separate Website)
This resource is designed to provide you with information about your Medicare eligibility and enrollment. Follow the instructions as you will be asked to answer a series of questions.
By: Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
Insurance to Supplement Medicare
(Separate Website)
If you want to stay in original Medicare, you may want to look into your options for supplemental coverage. Without such coverage, your out-of-pocket costs could be high if you require medical care. Supplemental insurance helps pay the deductibles and coinsurance costs that original Medicare does not cover.
By: Kaiser Family Foundation
Learn More About the Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
(Separate Website)
Site includes Medicare eligibility requirements, enrollment and premium information, and answers to frequently asked questions.
By: The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
Medicare replacement cards
(Separate Website)
Medicare beneficiaries can apply for Medicare replacement cards on the Internet.
By: Social Security Online
Medicare Telephone Scams To protect yourself against Medicare scams, remember that no one can ask you for personal information during marketing activities. If you have a question or concern regarding Medicare, call 1-877-7SAFERX (1-877-772-3379.) Open this document for more information.
By: Office of Denver District Attorney and CASE Partnership
Read this in:
Russian / Pусский
Standard Enrollment Form for a Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card
(Separate Website)
Use this form when you apply for a Medicare-Approved Drug discount card.
By: www.medicare.gov
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Use this tool to Find out Where to Apply for Benefits
(Separate Website)
If you aren't sure where to go in your geographic location in Colorado, you can use this tool to help you find out where to go to apply for benefits.
By: Colorado Department of Healthcare and Financing
What you need to know about Medicare
(Separate Website)
This chapter explains important information you need to know about Medicare, including eligibility requirements, covered benefits and how to sign up. (The Senior Law Handbook is a project of the Colorado Bar Association's Elder Law and Trust and Estate Section.)
By: Colorado Bar Association - Senior Law Handbook
Access to Fair Housing
(Separate Website)
Decent, safe, affordable housing is often barred to people with mental disabilities because of too little low-income housing and too much discrimination against those who want to live in it. This resource helps address both issues.
By: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Aging and Adult Services
(Separate Website)
The Division of Aging and Adult Services (AAS) will efficiently and effectively provide human services in support of independent living, self-sufficiency, safety and dignity goals. These goals are on behalf of adults age 18 and over who have disabilities or functional impairments or are otherwise at risk. As a Division, we act upon Colorado Department of Human Service's vision to be the nation's leader in helping individuals, families and communities to be safe and independent.
By: Colorado Department of Human Services
Being your Own Health Care Advocate
This includes three steps to being your own health care advocate, how to share in medical decisions, how to get the right amount of health care and ten ways to stay healthy.
By: Dr. Leslie Reitman
Benefit Resources for Seniors and the Disabled - AARP Benefits Quick Link
(Separate Website)
Use the Benefits Quick Link tool to find the state, federal, and private programs for which you are eligible. Help your family members find public benefits, grandparents raising grandchildren.
By: AARP
Can I get government health benefits?
(Separate Website)
This is a free, confidential tool that helps you find government benefits you may be eligible to receive.
By: govbenefits.gov
Care for the Caregiver Tips - Respite Care
(Separate Website)
Access this site to learn about Respite Care and to read helpful tips for caregivers. Are you in danger of burnout? Caregivers are at increased risk of depression and other symptoms of distress. If you're feeling depressed, anxious, or overwhelmed, that's understandable - this is a difficult time for you…and help is available.
By: HelpGuide.org - Mental Health, Healthy Lifestyles, Seniors & Aging
Child Mental Health Treatment Act
(Separate Website)
The Act allows families to access residential treatment services for their child without requiring a dependency and neglect action, when there is no child abuse or neglect.
By: Colorado Department of Human Services
Children's Mental Health: Resource List
(Separate Website)
Links to resources about medications, special needs, school, behavior, depression, coping skills for children and adolescents.
By: Mental Health America
Colorado Indigent Care Program (CICP)
This program provides services on a sliding scale depending on the patient's resources and income. It also provides partial reimbursement to providers for offering medical care to eligible underinsured residents.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Finding an Advocate
This is a list of advocate groups that can assist people with disabilities with legal issues. It includes contact information, as well as a brief summary of the kinds of issues each organization handles.
By: Colorado Legal Services - Denver, CO
Health Insurance Beyond Medicare
(Separate Website)
This chapter in the Senior Law Handbook has information on how to compare policies, employers group health insurance plans, long-term care insurance and more. (The Senior Law Handbook is a project of the Colorado Bar Association's Elder Law Forum Committee and the Trust and Estate Section.)
By: Colorado Bar Association - Senior Law Handbook
Healthcare for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services
(Separate Website)
This Web site explains the rules for TRICARE. This is health care for active duty and retired members of the uniformed services (Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), their families, and survivors.
By: U.S. Department of Defense
Hearing Exchange Links and Resources
(Separate Website)
For people with Hearing Loss, Parents and Professionals
There are 417 resource links for you to choose from!
By: Hearing Exchange
How does a person know if he/she qualifies for Medicaid?
(Separate Website)
If you are pregnant now or have children born after September 30, 1983, you may qualify for Medicaid.
By: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Kaiser Permanente Healthwise Handbook & "Ask The Doctor" Checklist
(Separate Website)
This resource will help you and your doctors work together to manage your health problems. It was written by Kaiser doctors in Northern California, but
it can be applied to anyone who has health concerns, no matter who the health
care provider is. Most of the information you will want to view is at the end of this resource - scroll down to view.
By: Kaiser Permanente
Living Wills - Information and Forms
A living will is a document you sign telling your doctor not to use artificial life support measures if you become terminally ill. A sample living will consistent with Colorado law is included.
By: Colorado Bar Association
My HealtheVet
(Separate Website)
Refill your prescription throught the VA, research health information, learn more about maintaining overall mental health and find out how to receive the care you need.
By: Department of Veteran's Affairs
Pharmacy Program
If you meet certain conditions, free or low cost medications may be available to you.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Planning and Communicating about Incapacity, Long-term Care and End-of-Life Issues
(Separate Website)
Learn more about how you can prepare for your own better ending or how you can assist a loved one with their own better ending by exploring and using the information and materials included in this site.
By: UMass Memorial Health Care
Resource Directory for Persons 60 years of age or older
(Separate Website)
Directory providing resources for transportation, hospice, consumer affairs/legal assistance, housing, employment, health clinics, vision, health insurance, etc...
By: Denver Regional Council of Governments/DRCOG
Resources for People Who Can't Afford Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants
(Separate Website)
If you are unable to afford hearing aids for yourself or your child or are a cochlear implant candidate and your insurance won't cover it, the resources on this website may be able to assist you.
By: Hearing Exchange
Statutory Power of Attorney form This is a Statutory Power of Attorney form that evidences the creation of a relationship between two people who are designated as the "principal" and the "agent". The principal designates the agent in the document, and the agent is authorized to act on the principal's behalf for whatever business the power of attorney permits.
By: The Legal Center
The Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA)
PERA provides public employees of the State of Colorado with retirement, disability and survivors benefits.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
Did you find what you need? Can we improve this website? Please take a few moments to complete this survey. (Do not describe your legal question as part of your response, or send your email or phone requesting a reply, as you will not get a reply. Call 303.837.1313 if you have questions about whether you qualify for CLS services.) Encuesta de usuario del sitio web (Versión en español)
ColoradoLegalServices.org is supported by our online partner:
Veterans, Service Members and Immediate Family click here.
Back to Legal Topics
(Separate Website)
Choose Another Location
Arabic / العربية
