Assembly Bill A10303B

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to paratransit services within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A10303 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8119
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§15-b & 15-c, Transp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5491

2019-A10303 - Summary

Relates to paratransit services within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

2019-A10303 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10303
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 15, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  transportation  law, in relation to paratransit
   services within the state and city of New York during the  coronavirus
   disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 15-b of the transportation law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C.  (1)  (A)  THE  ELIGIBILITY  OF ALL AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
 PARATRANSIT ELIGIBLE  CUSTOMERS,  WHOSE  CERTIFICATION  WOULD  OTHERWISE
 EXPIRE  BETWEEN  MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND JULY THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL BE EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (B) EACH CONTRACTOR PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL RENDER ELIGI-
 BILITY  DETERMINATIONS  FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS WITH DISABILI-
 TIES ACT PARATRANSIT SUBMITTED BEFORE JULY  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY,  BASED  ON  THE  APPLICATION AND SUBMITTED MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION
 ALONE, UNTIL AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C) FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,  ALL
 CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL SUSPEND ALL PARATRANSIT
 SHARED RIDES AND SHALL INSTEAD DISPATCH AND ROUTE INDIVIDUAL PARATRANSIT
 TRIPS,  TO  THE  MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE. CUSTOMERS SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN
 ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER CUSTOM-
 ER, AND SUCH CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE  RIGHT  TO  REFUSE  OR  RESCHEDULE
 SHARED RIDES WITHOUT PENALTY.
   (D)  ALL CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND  PERSONNEL  PROVIDING
 PARATRANSIT  SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOSABLE STER-
 ILE GLOVES, AND TRAINING ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT BOTH  CUSTOM-
 ERS  AND DRIVERS FROM COVID-19 AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES, CONSISTENT
 WITH CURRENT CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH  GUIDE-
 LINES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2019-A10303A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8119
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§15-b & 15-c, Transp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5491

2019-A10303A - Summary

Relates to paratransit services within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

2019-A10303A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10303--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 15, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  transportation  law,  in  relation  to  paratransit
   services  within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus
   disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 15-b of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C. (1) (A) THE ELIGIBILITY OF  ALL  AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILITIES  ACT
 PARATRANSIT  ELIGIBLE  CUSTOMERS,  WHOSE  CERTIFICATION  WOULD OTHERWISE
 EXPIRE BETWEEN MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL BE EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (B) EACH CONTRACTOR PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL RENDER ELIGI-
 BILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILI-
 TIES  ACT  PARATRANSIT  BASED  ON  THE APPLICATION AND SUBMITTED MEDICAL
 DOCUMENTATION ALONE, UNTIL AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C) FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,  ALL
 CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL SUSPEND ALL PARATRANSIT
 SHARED RIDES AND SHALL INSTEAD DISPATCH AND ROUTE INDIVIDUAL PARATRANSIT
 TRIPS,  TO  THE  MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE. CUSTOMERS SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN
 ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER CUSTOM-
 ER, AND SUCH CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE  RIGHT  TO  REFUSE  OR  RESCHEDULE
 SHARED RIDES WITHOUT PENALTY.
   (D)  ALL CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND  PERSONNEL  PROVIDING
 PARATRANSIT  SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOSABLE STER-
 ILE GLOVES, FACE MASKS AND TRAINING ON PREVENTIVE  MEASURES  TO  PROTECT
 BOTH  CUSTOMERS AND DRIVERS FROM COVID-19 AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES,
 CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT CENTER FOR DISEASE  CONTROL  AND  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH GUIDELINES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2019-A10303B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8119
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§15-b & 15-c, Transp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5491

2019-A10303B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to paratransit services within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

2019-A10303B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10303--B
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 15, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. DINOWITZ, TAYLOR, RIVERA, ABINANTI, BICHOTTE,
   OTIS, LENTOL, GOTTFRIED, MONTESANO, SIMON, O'DONNELL -- read once  and
   referred  to  the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the  transportation  law,  in  relation  to  paratransit
   services  within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus
   (COVID-19) pandemic
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 15-b of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C. (1) (A) THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE PARATRANSIT CERTIFICATION  OF
 ALL  AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILITIES ACT PARATRANSIT ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS,
 WHOSE CERTIFICATION WOULD OTHERWISE  EXPIRE  BETWEEN  MARCH  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL BE
 EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (B) EACH CONTRACTOR PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL RENDER ELIGI-
 BILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILI-
 TIES  ACT PARATRANSIT BASED SOLELY ON INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE WRIT-
 TEN APPLICATION AND IN SUBMITTED  MEDICAL  DOCUMENTATION,  UNTIL  AUGUST
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C)  ALL  CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL, UNTIL JULY
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, DISPATCH AND ROUTE INDIVIDUAL  RATHER
 THAN SHARED PARATRANSIT RIDES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, AND SHALL
 NOTIFY  CUSTOMERS  AS  SOON  AS PRACTICABLE IN ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT
 THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER CUSTOMER.  SUCH  CUSTOMERS  SHALL
 HAVE  THE  RIGHT  TO  REFUSE  OR  RESCHEDULE  RIDES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
 SHARED, AND ANY SUCH REFUSAL OR RESCHEDULING SHALL  BE  WITHOUT  PENALTY
 PROVIDED THEY RESPOND WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
   (D)  ALL CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND  PERSONNEL  PROVIDING
 PARATRANSIT  SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOSABLE STER-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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