S1274-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO HEALTH

S1274-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1274

TITLE  OF BILL:  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

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

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Provides coverage under Medicaid for any physician services and surgical
services,  including  plastic  surgery,  needed  to  care  for  scarring
suffered by victim of domestic abuse.

JUSTIFICATION:
According  to  the CDC nearly 2 million injuries result nationwide every
year as a result of domestic violence (CDC 2003). Many of these injuries
result in permanent scarring which could be corrected or minimized  with
plastic  surgery. Victims already suffering from the emotional, physical
and mental damage from being abused are often left  with  permanent  and
constant  reminders  of their attacks through the scars that result from
their injuries. This bill will allow victims to  receive  coverage  that
will provide medical attention like plastic surgery that will help alle-
viate  some of the pain and permanent visible damage done by their abus-
er.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12: Referred Health (S.1380)
2009-10: Referred to Social Service; Health; Finance (S.1179)
2007-08: Referred to Social Service, Children & Families (S.5171)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Unable to determine at this time.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Unable to determine at this time.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become law, with provisions.

S1274-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1274
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PERKINS,  ADAMS,  DIAZ,  DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON,
 KRUEGER, PARKER, SAMPSON, SMITH, STAVISKY, VALESKY -- 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.
 

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.
 LBD02132-01-3

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