Sex assault victims billed for rape kits will be reimbursed
Source: Associated Press
Karen Matthews, Associated Press
Updated 2:40 pm, Tuesday, November 28, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of sexual assault survivors were improperly billed for their rape exams by a New York City hospital, the state's attorney general said Tuesday.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said that under an agreement with his office, the Brooklyn Hospital Center will reimburse patients who paid out of pocket for a rape kit and will inform rape survivors going forward that under a 2005 New York state law the rape kits can be billed to the state's Office of Victim Services.
Schneiderman said he has also sent letters to 10 other hospitals throughout the state seeking information on how they bill sexual assault survivors and hopes the agreement with Brooklyn Hospital will serve as a model.
"These kits are used on what is undoubtedly one of the worst days of a survivor's life," Schneiderman said. "The absolute last thing they should have to worry about is how they'll pay for their care at the hospital. But we have found contrary to law that way too often they do have to worry."
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/New-York-s-AG-says-victims-billed-improperly-for-12389267.php
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is this supposed to be?
