What's happening
This bill requires medical assistance, including plastic surgery, for scarring caused by domestic violence to be covered for needy individuals.
Why it matters
Expands healthcare access for domestic violence survivors. by ensuring that medical care, including specialized treatments like plastic surgery for scarring, is covered—helping address both the physical and psychological impacts of abuse.
Reduces financial barriers for low-income individuals. who might otherwise be unable to afford reconstructive care, supporting recovery and long-term well-being after experiencing domestic violence.
Mandates clear administrative guidelines. by requiring the health commissioner to define acceptable proof of domestic violence, which could affect how easily survivors can access these benefits and how privacy and documentation are handled.
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Treat Scars from Domestic Abuse
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Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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Treat Scars from Domestic Abuse
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Roxanne J. Persaud
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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 Assembly, 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 surgical 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 fiftynine-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 incident 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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