Assembly Bill A7595

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to establish a right to preventative maintenance of wheelchairs program

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

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2025-A7595 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6210
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Ren Art 32 §670 to be Art 32-A §676, add §677, Gen Bus L

2025-A7595 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to establish a right to preventative maintenance of wheelchairs program, after consultation with certain other offices, under which owners of manual and powered wheelchairs shall be entitled to reimbursement of certain preventative maintenance costs for such wheelchairs.

2025-A7595 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7595
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to directing the
   department of health to establish a right to preventative  maintenance
   of wheelchairs program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 32 of the general business law, as amended by chap-
 ter 219 of the laws of 2006, is renumbered  article  32-A,  and  section
 670,  as  amended  by  chapter  219  of  the laws of 2006, is renumbered
 section 676.
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new  section  677
 to read as follows:
   §  677.  PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OF WHEELCHAIRS. 1. NO LATER THAN ONE
 YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,  AND  AFTER  CONSULTATION
 WITH  THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HUMAN SERVICES AND MENTAL HYGIENE AND THE
 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF DISABILITY OFFICER, THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH  SHALL
 ESTABLISH  A  "PREVENTATIVE  MAINTENANCE  OF  WHEELCHAIRS PROGRAM" UNDER
 WHICH OWNERS AND LESSORS  OF  WHEELCHAIRS  SHALL  BE  AFFORDED  BIANNUAL
 APPOINTMENTS  FOR  PREVENTATIVE  MAINTENANCE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THIS
 SECTION.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL PROMULGATE RULES, REGULATIONS, AND
 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION. FACTORS CONSIDERED SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMIT-
 ED  TO,  LENGTH OF ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM AND WAYS TO CERTIFY AUTHOR-
 IZED REPAIR PROVIDERS.
   3. (A) THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL  SERVICES  SHALL  MAINTAIN  SPECIFIC
 REIMBURSEMENT  AND BILLING PROCEDURES UNDER THIS SECTION FOR WHEELCHAIRS
 TO ENSURE THAT MEDICAID PAYMENTS FOR WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS PERMIT  ADEQUATE
 ACCESS TO SUCH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, AND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE SIGNIF-
 ICANT RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND STAFF NEEDED.
   (B)  THE COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHALL MONITOR THE ADDITION OF
 NEW BILLING CODES FOR WHEELCHAIR REPAIRS BY  THE  MEDICARE  PROGRAM  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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