New York A 10486: Relates to eligibility for medical assistance for personal care services for persons with traumatic brain injury, developmental disability, cognitive impairments, blindness or visual impairment

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A10486 Summary:

BILL NOA10486 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S02381

&nbsp

SPONSORStern

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §604, add §607, V & T L; add §399-vv, Gen Bus L

&nbsp

Requires the cost or estimated cost of repairs for any motor vehicle damaged in such accident, or if a motor vehicle involved in such accident incurred no damage then a notation of such fact to be included in accident reports and for such information to be disclosed in reports made by motor vehicle condition reporting agencies.

Go to top A10486 Actions:

BILL NOA10486 

&nbsp

03/06/2026referred to transportation

Go to topA10486 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA10486 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA10486 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10486

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the general business
 law, in relation to required accident damage reporting

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

 1 Section 1. Section 604 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 604. Reports; contents; preparation; distribution; filing. Reports
 4 of accidents required under the preceding section, or under the rules
 5 and regulations of the commissioner, shall be upon forms prepared by
 6 [him] such commissioner and contain such information as [he] such
 7 commissioner shall prescribe; provided, however, such information shall
 8 at a minimum include the cost or estimated cost of repairs for any motor
 9 vehicle damaged in such accident, or if a motor vehicle involved in such
 10 accident incurred no damage then a notation of such fact. Blank forms
 11 for such reports shall be printed by the commissioner and a supply sent
 12 to all city, town and village clerks and to the chief officer of every
 13 city police department for general distribution and use as herein
 14 provided. Reports of accidents, required under the preceding section,
 15 shall be sent to and filed with the commissioner at the main office of
 16 the bureau of motor vehicles in the city of Albany, except as otherwise
 17 provided by the rules and regulations of the commissioner.
 18 § 2. Section 604 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter
 19 196 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 20 § 604. Reports; contents; preparation; distribution; filing. Reports
 21 of accidents required under sections six hundred three and six hundred
 22 three-a of this article, or under the rules and regulations of the
 23 commissioner, shall be upon forms prepared by the commissioner and
 24 contain such information as the commissioner shall prescribe; provided,
 25 however, that the commissioner shall provide space on such forms to
 26 indicate the type or types of vehicles involved, including passenger
 27 motor vehicles, commercial motor vehicles, motorcycles, limited use
 28 motorcycles, off-highway motorcycles, electric scooters, bicycles with

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06433-01-5

 A. 10486 2

 1 electric assist, and/or bicycles; provided further, however, such infor-
 2 mation shall additionally include the cost or estimated cost of repairs
 3 for any motor vehicle damaged in such accident, or if a motor vehicle
 4 involved in such accident incurred no damage then a notation of such
 5 fact. Blank forms for such reports shall be printed by the commissioner
 6 and a supply sent to all city, town and village clerks and to the chief
 7 officer of every city police department for general distribution and use
 8 as herein provided. Reports of accidents, required under the preceding
 9 section, shall be sent to and filed with the commissioner at the main
 10 office of the bureau of motor vehicles in the city of Albany, except as
 11 otherwise provided by the rules and regulations of the commissioner.
 12 § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 13 607 to read as follows:
 14 § 607. Disclosure to motor vehicle condition reporting agencies.