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Assembly Bill A1476

2011-2012 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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2011-A1476 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1380
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3335, S1179
2013-2014: A715, S1274
2015-2016: A1264, S2421
2017-2018: A4848, S4792, S7017
2019-2020: A2803, S1050
2021-2022: A3696, S55
2023-2024: A1138
2025-2026: A2070

2011-A1476 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires medical assistance be provided to victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 457-a of this chapter, to care for and treat any scarring from the domestic violence incident.

2011-A1476 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1476

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 10, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, KELLNER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A.  PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and
  Families

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.
  S 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.
                                                           LBD01751-01-1

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