Eight individuals would receive a combined $35,264 under a bill passed Wednesday by the House.
Sponsored by Rep. Duane Quam (R-Byron), HF2287, the annual claims bill, would allocate money from the General Fund to the Department of Corrections to cover medical claims against the state by eight men who suffered injuries while being incarcerated or while performing community service or sentence-to-service work.
Passed 129-0, the bill goes to the Senate where Sen. Bruce Anderson (R-Buffalo) is the sponsor.
The claimants are:
An additional $965 would go for claims under $7,000 that have already been paid by the department.
Each year, a joint House-Senate Subcommittee on Claims meets to determine which petitions will be funded. All state agencies are eligible to receive funding to cover the claims.