New York A 2070: 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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A02070 Summary:

BILL NOA02070 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRKelles, Raga

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L

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

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BILL NOA02070 

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01/15/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2070

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, KELLES, RAGA -- 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.
 LBD05864-01-5

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