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A 2070: Requires medical assistance be provided to victims of domestic violence to care for and treat any scarring resulting from the domestic violence incident.
What A 2070 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to provide medical assistance to individuals who have experienced domestic abuse, including those with scarring resulting from the incident. It adds a new paragraph to the Social Services Law, requiring medical assistance to include services necessary to care for and treat scarring or scar tissue. The bill takes effect on the 120th day after it becomes a law and establishes rules for acceptable forms of proof of an incident of domestic violence. This change aims to support individuals who have experienced domestic abuse by providing access to necessary medical care.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2070
- What is the current status of A 2070?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2070 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 2070 pass?
- Not yet. A 2070 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2070, and where is it now?
- A 2070 was authored by Asm. Linda Rosenthal with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 231 words
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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