
Marina Pantchenko
Host: Bay Area Legal Aid
Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Deborah combats pervasive barriers to mental health care by providing direct legal services, community outreach, and advocacy for low-income residents of Massachusetts.
Thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents every year are inequitably denied or limited access to mental health services. More than half of individuals with mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders face significant barriers to obtaining care, such as enrolling in comprehensive insurance plans, finding providers, and accessing medically necessary treatment and services. The existing mental health parity laws and health care consumer protections are ineffective and insufficient to meet the needs of this vulnerable population. Furthermore, these laws and regulations are inaccessible, especially for people with mental disabilities, without adequate legal representation.
In the past year, Deborah has:
In the next year, Deborah plans to:
Navigating Legal Barriers to Mental Health Services
Host: Bay Area Legal Aid
Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Host: Greater Boston Legal Services
Sponsor: Biogen, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Host: Tennessee Justice Center
Host: Health Law Advocates
Sponsor: Greenberg Traurig, LLP