Bill Text: NY A06039 | 2017-2018 | 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: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A06039 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06039-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6039
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 21, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO,  BRABENEC,  CROUCH, HAWLEY, KOLB,
          MALLIOTAKIS, M. L. MILLER, NORRIS, RA, 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,  2017,  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.
                                                                   LBD09625-01-7