Senate Bill S1050

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires medical assistance to be provided to victims of domestic violence to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S1050 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2803
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1179, A3335
2011-2012: S1380, A1476
2013-2014: S1274, A715
2015-2016: S2421, A1264
2017-2018: S4792, S7017, A4848
2021-2022: S55, A3696
2023-2024: A1138

2019-S1050 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2019-S1050 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1050 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1050
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- 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:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 5 of section 365-a of the social services law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F) MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SHALL INCLUDE PHYSICIAN SERVICES AND ANY SURGI-
 CAL SERVICES, INCLUDING PLASTIC SURGERY, THAT ARE NECESSARY TO CARE  FOR
 AND  TREAT  ANY  SCARRING OR SCAR TISSUE THAT FORMED AS THE RESULT OF AN
 INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED  FIFTY-
 NINE-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
 health shall establish rules for acceptable forms of proof of  an  inci-
 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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