New York S 4500: Enacts the consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act

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S04500 Summary:

BILL NOS04500B

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SAME ASSAME AS A06569-B

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSRASHBY, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, JACKSON, RHOADS, ROLISON, RYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SUTTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Ren Art 32 §670 to be Art 32-A §676, add §§677, 678 & 679, amd §676, Gen Bus L; add §367-j, Soc Serv L

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Enacts the "consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act" requiring manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools necessary for repairing equipment; establishes a timely repair for wheelchair program; deems all wheelchair repairs needed within 5 years of initial prescription medically necessary.

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BILL NOS04500B

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/19/20251ST REPORT CAL.1129

05/20/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4500A

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.1294

05/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4500B

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4500--B
 Cal. No. 1294

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. FAHY, ASHBY, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, JACKSON, RHOADS,
 ROLISON, C. RYAN, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SUTTON -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer
 Protection -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
 and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with
 Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee,
 ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading,
 amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
 third reading

 AN ACT to amend the general business law and the social services law, in
 relation to enacting the "consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights
 act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act".
 3 § 2. Article 32 and section 670 of the general business law, as
 4 amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2006, are renumbered article 32-A
 5 and section 676 and a new section 677 is added to read as follows:
 6 § 677. Right to repair wheelchairs. 1. For the purposes of this
 7 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 8 (a) (i) "Authorized repair provider" means a person that is unaffil-
 9 iated with a manufacturer other than through an arrangement with such
 10 manufacturer, whether for a definite or an indefinite period, in which
 11 such manufacturer, for the purpose of offering to provide services to an
 12 equipment owner regarding the owner's equipment or a part, grants such
 13 person:
 14 (1) a license to use a trade name, service mark, or other proprietary
 15 identifier; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08308-09-6

 S. 4500--B 2

 1 (2) authorization under any other arrangement to act on behalf of such
 2 manufacturer.
 3 (ii) "Authorized repair provider" includes, but is not limited to, a
 4 manufacturer that offers to provide services to an owner of such
 5 manufacturer's equipment regarding such owner's equipment or a part if
 6 such manufacturer does not have an arrangement with an unaffiliated
 7 person, as described in subparagraph (i) of this subdivision.
 8 (b) "Documentation" means a manual; diagram, including a schematic
 9 diagram; reporting outp