New York S 7487: Modernizes the access-a-ride program's application process

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S07487 Summary:

BILL NOS07487 

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Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

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Modernizes the access-a-ride program's application process by creating an online application process and notifying applicants throughout the process via email.

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04/17/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7487

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 modernizing
 the access-a-ride program's application process

 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 20 to read as follows:
 3 20. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within one year of the
 4 effective date of this subdivision, the authority shall:
 5 (a) create an online application process for people to apply to the
 6 access-a-ride program; and
 7 (b) establish a notification system to inform applicants to the
 8 access-a-ride program when such applicant's application has been
 9 successfully submitted, when the applicant's in-person assessment date
 10 has been scheduled for with the ability to request a different time
 11 and/or date for such assessment, and when the applicant's eligibility
 12 decision has been made and such decision. Such notifications shall be
 13 able to be opted into during the application process. Such notifications
 14 shall be sent to the applicant via email.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04125-01-5

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