New York A 6372: Directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a statewide study and review of the transportation of individuals with developmental disabilities

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A06372 Summary:

BILL NOA06372 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPalmesano

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COSPNSRBrabenec, DeStefano, Hawley, Morinello, Ra, Reilly, Tague, Walsh, Slater

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MLTSPNSR

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Directs the commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, to conduct a statewide study and review of the transportation of individuals with developmental disabilities.

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BILL NOA06372 

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03/04/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6372

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY, MORINEL-
 LO, RA, REILLY, TAGUE, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT directing the commissioner of transportation to conduct a state-
 wide study and review of the transportation of individuals with devel-
 opmental disabilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the department of transportation, in
 2 consultation with the commissioner of the office for people with devel-
 3 opmental disabilities and any other department, division, board, bureau,
 4 commission, agency or public authority of the state or any political
 5 subdivision thereof deemed necessary by the commissioner of transporta-
 6 tion and the commissioner of the office for people with developmental
 7 disabilities, shall conduct a statewide study and review of the trans-
 8 portation of individuals with developmental disabilities. Such study
 9 shall include, but not be limited to, geographic location challenges,
 10 the availability of transportation for people with developmental disa-
 11 bilities, the decision making authority for non-emergency Medicaid
 12 transportation, and any unique concerns based on regional issues. The
 13 study shall also look at how community homes are currently determined
 14 and how such homes will be determined going forward taking into account
 15 transportation availability and options.
 16 § 2. The commissioner of the office for people with developmental
 17 disabilities and the commissioner of transportation shall, on or before
 18 the thirty-first of December next succeeding the effective date of this
 19 act, submit a report of such study, including detailed recommendations
 20 and findings, to the governor, the temporary president of the senate,
 21 the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the
 22 minority leader of the assembly, and the chairs of the senate and assem-
 23 bly mental health and transportation committees.
 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03705-01-5

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