Assembly Bill A4610

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Eliminates the $2,500 limit for emergency crime victim awards when the award is used to replace necessary medical equipment not covered by insurance

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  • 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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2011-A4610 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1985
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §630, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4819, S2587
2013-2014: A5649, S2745
2015-2016: A6454

2011-A4610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eliminating certain monetary limits for emergency crime victim awards when the award is used to replace medical equipment necessary for the survival of the claimant and such replacement is not covered by the medical assistance program or any other insurance coverage.

2011-A4610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4610

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to crime victims emergen-
  cy awards used to replace certain medical equipment

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 630 of the executive law, as amended by section 21
of part A-1 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S 630. Emergency  awards. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
six hundred twenty-seven of this article, if it appears to  the  office,
that  such  claim is one with respect to which an award probably will be
made, and undue hardship  will  result  to  the  claimant  if  immediate
payment is not made, the office may make one or more emergency awards to
the  claimant  pending  a  final decision of the office or payment of an
award in the case, provided, however, that  the  total  amount  of  such
emergency  awards  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  hundred dollars. The
amount of such emergency awards shall be deducted from any  final  award
made to the claimant, and the excess of the amount of any such emergency
award  over  the  amount  of  the final award, or the full amount of any
emergency awards if no final award is  made,  shall  be  repaid  by  the
claimant  to  the office.  AN EXCEPTION TO SUCH LIMITATION SHALL BE MADE
WHERE THE CLAIMANT WILL USE  THE  EMERGENCY  AWARD  TO  REPLACE  MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT  NOT  COVERED  BY  THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR ANY OTHER
INSURANCE COVERAGE, AND SUCH MEDICAL  EQUIPMENT  IS  NECESSARY  FOR  THE
CONTINUED SURVIVAL OF THE CLAIMANT.
  2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section six hundred twenty-seven
of this article, local crime victim service programs shall be authorized
to provide emergency awards to  crime  victims  for  essential  personal
property,  medical  treatment  AND  EQUIPMENT,  shelter  costs, security
services, counseling and transportation the total amount of  such  emer-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04615-02-1
              

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