Bill Text: NY A05543 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, to conduct a statewide study and review of the transportation of individuals with developmental disabilities.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-25 - held for consideration in transportation [A05543 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05543-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5543

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 19, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, HAWLEY, J. M. GIGLIO, BRABENEC, BYRNE,
          DeSTEFANO,  M. MILLER,  MORINELLO,  NORRIS,  SALKA,  SAYEGH,  TAGUE --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ASHBY, BYRNES,  RA,  REILLY,  WALSH  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

        AN  ACT directing the commissioner of transportation to conduct a state-
          wide study and review of the transportation of individuals with devel-
          opmental disabilities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  commissioner of the department of transportation, in
     2  consultation with the commissioner of the office for people with  devel-
     3  opmental disabilities and any other department, division, board, bureau,
     4  commission,  agency  or  public  authority of the state or any political
     5  subdivision thereof deemed necessary by the commissioner of  transporta-
     6  tion  and  the  commissioner of the office for people with developmental
     7  disabilities, shall conduct a statewide study and review of  the  trans-
     8  portation  of  individuals  with  developmental disabilities. Such study
     9  shall include, but not be limited to,  geographic  location  challenges,
    10  the  availability  of transportation for people with developmental disa-
    11  bilities, the  decision  making  authority  for  non-emergency  Medicaid
    12  transportation,  and  any  unique concerns based on regional issues. The
    13  study shall also look at how community homes  are  currently  determined
    14  and  how such homes will be determined going forward taking into account
    15  transportation availability and options.
    16    § 2. The commissioner of the  office  for  people  with  developmental
    17  disabilities  and the commissioner of transportation shall, on or before
    18  December 31, 2021, submit a report of  such  study,  including  detailed
    19  recommendations  and  findings, to the governor, the temporary president
    20  of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader  of  the
    21  senate,  the  minority  leader  of  the  assembly, and the chairs of the
    22  senate and assembly mental health and transportation committees.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08078-01-1