Relates to special powers of the authority; allows 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; once approved, such individuals shall be exempt from all certification requirements.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2019
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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.
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