Bill Text: NY S04513 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires transporters, school districts, and counties to establish a rider verification system for certain special transportation passengers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04513 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04513-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4513
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 5, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  requiring  a  rider
         verification  system to be established for certain special transporta-
         tion passengers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3623-b
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 3623-B. RIDER VERIFICATION OF CERTAIN SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION PASSEN-
    4  GERS.  EVERY  TRANSPORTER,  SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COUNTY THAT TRANSPORTS A
    5  SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION PASSENGER THAT IS A MEDICAID  OR  STATE  ELIGIBLE
    6  REIMBURSABLE  PASSENGER  SHALL  PROVIDE  A  PAPERLESS RIDER VERIFICATION
    7  SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING STUDENT ATTENDANCE ON EACH SCHOOL BUS, THAT MINI-
    8  MIZES INACCURACIES IN  MEDICAID  AND  STATE  DOCUMENTATION.    THE  RIDE
    9  VERIFICATION METHOD AND APPURTENANCES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN A MANNER THAT
   10  DOES  NOT  REQUIRE  A  PASSENGER  TO  AID IN THE VERIFICATION PROCESS BY
   11  CARRYING AN IDENTIFICATION TAG, CARD, OR OTHER ITEMS.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   13  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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