A02803 Summary:

BILL NOA02803
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01050
 
SPONSORRosenthal L (MS)
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSRPerry
 
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
 
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.
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A02803 Actions:

BILL NOA02803
 
01/25/2019referred to health
01/08/2020referred to health
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A02803 Committee Votes:

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A02803 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A02803 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2803
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 25, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          PERRY -- read once and referred 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    § 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.
                                                                   LBD00908-01-9
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