New York A 6569: Relates to internet mapping resources of school age child care providers, afterschool and home visiting programs

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A06569 Summary:

BILL NOA06569B

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SAME ASSAME AS S04500-B

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SPONSORBores

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COSPNSRGallagher, Lavine, Gallahan, Steck, McDonald, Lupardo, Santabarbara, Burdick, McDonough, Angelino

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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 NOA06569B

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03/06/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

06/09/2025amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

06/09/2025print number 6569a

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

05/29/2026amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

05/29/2026print number 6569b

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6569--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BORES, GALLAGHER, LAVINE, GALLAHAN, STECK, McDO-
 NALD, LUPARDO, SANTABARBARA, BURDICK, McDONOUGH, ANGELINO -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
 sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 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
 16 (2) authorization under any other arrangement to act on behalf of such
 17 manufacturer.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08308-08-6

 A. 6569--B 2

 1 (ii) "Authorized repair provider" includes, but is not limited to, a
 2 manufacturer that offers to provide services to an owner of such
 3 manufacturer's equipment regarding such owner's equipment or a part if
 4 such manufacturer does not have an arrangement with an unaffiliated
 5 person, as described in subparagraph (i) of this subdivision.
 6 (b) "Documentation" means a manual; diagram, including a schematic
 7 diagram; reporting output; service code description; or similar type of
 8 information, whether in an electronic or tangible format, that a
 9 manufacturer provides to an authorized repair provider for purposes of
 10 assisting such authorized repair provider with services performed on
 11 such manufacturer's equipment or a part.
 12 (c) "Embedded software" means programmable instructions provided on
 13 firmware delivered with an electronic component of equipment or with any
 14 part for the purpose of restoring or improving operation of such equip-