 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7021
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 16, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  KENNEDY,  CLEARE, GOUNARDES, MYRIE, RAMOS -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Transportation
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to paratransit
          services
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 15-a to read as follows:
     3    15-a. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of  law,  an  individual
     4  recertifying  for  paratransit  service,  shall, in lieu of an in-person
     5  assessment, submit correspondence from a licensed physician, dated with-
     6  in the preceding thirty days, indicating  that  paratransit  service  is
     7  necessary for such individual.
     8    (b) The authority shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding the
     9  form  and content of the licensed physician's correspondence pursuant to
    10  paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07426-03-3
Relates to paratransit services

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