New York S 6938: Exempts certain paratransit eligible individuals from recertification requirements

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S06938 Summary:

BILL NOS06938 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06676

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

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Allows for paratransit eligible for paratransit eligible individuals who are at least eighty years old, to be required only to present correspondence from a licensed physician, dated within the preceding thirty days, indicating that the paratransit service is still necessary for the individual to make a single application for paratransit services; provides that once approved, such individuals shall be exempt from all certification requirements.

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BILL NOS06938 

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6938

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 special
 powers of the metropolitan transportation authority

 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, paratransit eligible
 4 individuals who are at least eighty years old, shall be required only to
 5 present correspondence from a licensed physician, dated within the
 6 preceding thirty days, indicating that the paratransit service is still
 7 necessary for the individual to make a single application for paratran-
 8 sit services. Once approved, such individuals shall be exempt from all
 9 recertification requirements.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09706-01-5

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