S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   8119
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee 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 BEGINNING JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,
 ALL CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL SUSPEND  ALL  PARA-
 TRANSIT  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 CUSTOMER, 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.
              

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   (2)  ANY  CONTRACTOR  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED TO
 EXTEND ANY DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF SUBPARAGRAPH  (1)
 OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE
 PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE  2019  (COVID-19)  PANDEMIC,  SUCH
 CONTRACTOR DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECESSARY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  5  of  section  15-c  of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E. (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 TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES  SHALL
 RENDER ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS WITH
 DISABILITIES  ACT  PARATRANSIT  SUBMITTED  BEFORE JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY, BASED ON THE APPLICATION AND SUBMITTED MEDICAL DOCUMEN-
 TATION ALONE, UNTIL AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C) FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY,
 ALL   TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDERS  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 CUSTOMER, AND SUCH CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT
 TO REFUSE OR RESCHEDULE SHARED RIDES WITHOUT PENALTY.
   (D) ALL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  IN
 THIS  STATE  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  ALL  PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND PERSONNEL
 PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOS-
 ABLE STERILE GLOVES, 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.
   (2) ANY TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDER  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  IS
 AUTHORIZED  TO  EXTEND  ANY  DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST  OF  THE  HEALTH
 AND  SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19)
 PANDEMIC, SUCH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECES-
 SARY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

                            
 
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                                  8119--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted 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  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 8119--A                          2
 
 WITH  CURRENT CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDE-
 LINES.
   (2)  ANY  CONTRACTOR  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED TO
 EXTEND ANY DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF SUBPARAGRAPH  ONE
 OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE
 PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE  2019  (COVID-19)  PANDEMIC,  SUCH
 CONTRACTOR DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECESSARY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  5  of  section  15-c  of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E. (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 TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES  SHALL
 RENDER ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS WITH
 DISABILITIES  ACT  PARATRANSIT  SUBMITTED  BEFORE JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY, BASED ON THE APPLICATION AND SUBMITTED MEDICAL DOCUMEN-
 TATION ALONE, UNTIL AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C) FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,  ALL
 TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDERS  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL SUSPEND
 ALL PARATRANSIT SHARED RIDES AND SHALL INSTEAD DISPATCH AND ROUTE  INDI-
 VIDUAL  PARATRANSIT  TRIPS,  TO  THE  MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE. CUSTOMERS
 SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED
 WITH ANOTHER CUSTOMER, AND SUCH CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE
 OR RESCHEDULE SHARED RIDES WITHOUT PENALTY.
   (D) ALL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  IN
 THIS  STATE  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  ALL  PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND PERSONNEL
 PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOS-
 ABLE STERILE GLOVES, 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.
   (2) ANY TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDER  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  IS
 AUTHORIZED  TO  EXTEND  ANY  DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST  OF  THE  HEALTH
 AND  SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19)
 PANDEMIC, SUCH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECES-
 SARY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

                            
 
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                                  8119--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COMRIE, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed 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
   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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 8119--B                          2
 
 CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT CENTER FOR DISEASE  CONTROL  AND  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH GUIDELINES.
   (2)  ANY  CONTRACTOR  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED TO
 EXTEND ANY DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF SUBPARAGRAPH  (1)
 OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE
 PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE  2019  (COVID-19)  PANDEMIC,  SUCH
 CONTRACTOR DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECESSARY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  5  of  section  15-c  of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E. (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 TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES  SHALL
 RENDER ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS WITH
 DISABILITIES  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
 TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  SHALL  SUSPEND
 ALL  PARATRANSIT SHARED RIDES AND SHALL INSTEAD DISPATCH AND ROUTE INDI-
 VIDUAL PARATRANSIT TRIPS, TO  THE  MAXIMUM  EXTENT  POSSIBLE.  CUSTOMERS
 SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED
 WITH ANOTHER CUSTOMER, AND SUCH CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE
 OR RESCHEDULE SHARED RIDES WITHOUT PENALTY.
   (D)  ALL  TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDERS  PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN
 THIS STATE SHALL ENSURE  THAT  ALL  PARATRANSIT  DRIVERS  AND  PERSONNEL
 PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOS-
 ABLE  STERILE  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 DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH GUIDELINES.
   (2)  ANY  TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDER  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT SERVICES IS
 AUTHORIZED TO EXTEND ANY DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A),  (B)  OR  (C)  OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (1)  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH
 AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019  (COVID-19)
 PANDEMIC, SUCH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECES-
 SARY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.