New York A 7595: Directs the department of health to establish a right to preventative maintenance of wheelchairs program

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A07595 Summary:

BILL NOA07595 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06210

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SPONSORRomero

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren Art 32 §670 to be Art 32-A §676, add §677, Gen Bus L

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Directs the department of health to establish a right to preventative maintenance of wheelchairs program, after consultation with certain other offices, under which owners of manual and powered wheelchairs shall be entitled to reimbursement of certain preventative maintenance costs for such wheelchairs.

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BILL NOA07595 

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04/01/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7595

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to directing the
 department of health to establish a right to preventative maintenance
 of wheelchairs program

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

 1 Section 1. Article 32 of the general business law, as amended by chap-
 2 ter 219 of the laws of 2006, is renumbered article 32-A, and section
 3 670, as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2006, is renumbered
 4 section 676.
 5 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 677
 6 to read as follows:
 7 § 677. Preventative maintenance of wheelchairs. 1. No later than one
 8 year after the effective date of this section, and after consultation
 9 with the deputy secretary for human services and mental hygiene and the
 10 office of the chief disability officer, the department of health shall
 11 establish a "preventative maintenance of wheelchairs program" under
 12 which owners and lessors of wheelchairs shall be afforded biannual
 13 appointments for preventative maintenance in accordance with this
 14 section.
 15 2. The commissioner of health shall promulgate rules, regulations, and
 16 reporting requirements to establish the program pursuant to subdivision
 17 one of this section. Factors considered shall include, but not be limit-
 18 ed to, length of enrollment in the program and ways to certify author-
 19 ized repair providers.
 20 3. (a) The commissioner of social services shall maintain specific
 21 reimbursement and billing procedures under this section for wheelchairs
 22 to ensure that Medicaid payments for wheelchair repairs permit adequate
 23 access to such products and services, and takes into account the signif-
 24 icant resources, infrastructure, and staff needed.
 25 (b) The commissioner of social services shall monitor the addition of
 26 new billing codes for wheelchair repairs by the Medicare program and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08396-01-5

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 1 shall expeditiously incorporate such codes in accordance with this
 2 subdivision.
 3 (c) Where reimbursement rates are determined by a managed care organ-
 4 ization, such rates shall be determined consistent with this subdivi-
 5 sion. The commissioner of social services may establish minimum bench-
 6 mark reimbursement rates to be paid by managed care organizations under
 7 this paragraph.
 8 4. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 9 ing meanings:
 10 (a) "Authorized repair provider" means an individual or business that
 11 is unaffiliated with an original equipment manufacturer and that has an
 12 arrangement with such original equipment manufacturer, for a definite or
 13 indefinite period, under which such original equipment manufacturer
 14 grants to such individual or business a license to use a trade name,
 15 service mark, or other proprietary identifier for the purposes of offer-
 16 ing the services of inspection, diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of
 17 wheelchairs under the name of such original equipment manufacturer, or
 18 other arrangement with such original equipment manufacturer to offer
 19 such services on behalf of such original equipment manufact