Bill Text: NY S02421 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires medical assistance be provided to victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 459-a of this chapter, to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02421 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02421-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2421
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  PERKINS,  DIAZ, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN,
         KRUEGER, PARKER, SAMPSON, SERRANO, STAVISKY, VALESKY -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social  services  law, in relation to providing
         medical assistance to needy persons for  the  care  and  treatment  of
         scarring resulting from domestic abuse
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 365-a of the social  services  law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
    3    (F) MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SHALL INCLUDE PHYSICIAN SERVICES AND ANY SURGI-
    4  CAL  SERVICES, INCLUDING PLASTIC SURGERY, THAT ARE NECESSARY TO CARE FOR
    5  AND TREAT ANY SCARRING OR SCAR TISSUE THAT FORMED AS THE  RESULT  OF  AN
    6  INCIDENT  OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-
    7  NINE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    9  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the  commissioner  of
   10  health  shall  establish rules for acceptable forms of proof of an inci-
   11  dent of domestic violence.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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