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S 6938

New York - Session 2025-2026

Senate in_committee 2026-01-07
Healthcare
Bill Details

Title: Exempts certain paratransit eligible individuals from recertification requirements

Summary

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.

Sponsor
Andrew J. Lanza
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-03-27 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-01-07 Status in_committee
2026-01-07 Latest Action In Senate Committee
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