Bill Text: NY S02155 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends provisions of the economically sustainable transportation demonstration program to provide an on demand transit service for seniors using automobiles driven by volunteer and paid drivers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-12 - referred to aging [S02155 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2155
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 12, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
        AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to an economically  sustaina-
          ble transportation demonstration program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 6 of section 223 of the  elder  law,  as
     2  added  by  section  3  of  part J of chapter 57 of the laws of 2006, are
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    2. The director shall establish the economically sustainable transpor-
     5  tation demonstration program for the  purpose  of  enabling  seniors  to
     6  remain  independent  and  mobile in their community. The program [would]
     7  shall provide an on demand transit service for seniors [that would  use]
     8  using  automobiles  driven  by  volunteer  and paid drivers to transport
     9  seniors to where they need and want to  go.  [After  a  period  of  five
    10  years,  the  program  would  no longer be eligible for state funding and
    11  would be completely  self-sustaining,  relying  on  consumer  fares  and
    12  voluntary community support to remain operational.]
    13    6.  [Within  amounts appropriated, the] The director shall establish a
    14  pilot program within amounts appropriated therefor, in up to five  coun-
    15  ties,  each  with not more than three hundred thousand persons as of the
    16  two thousand ten United States census, or a collaborative project of two
    17  contiguous counties that each do not have more than three hundred  thou-
    18  sand persons as of the two thousand ten United States census. The direc-
    19  tor  shall  make  grants available to qualified economically sustainable
    20  transportation providers of no less than fifty-five thousand dollars per
    21  grantee [in the first year of the  operation  of  the  program].    Each
    22  provider  shall be required to submit a report to the director by Febru-
    23  ary first, two thousand eighteen, which shall include, but not be limit-
    24  ed  to, documentation of participation rates, any impediments to  imple-
    25  mentation  encountered,  steps  taken  to  ensure  sustainability of the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04890-01-7

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     1  program and proposals for expansion to other service areas. Such provid-
     2  ers shall be eligible to receive funding under this section annually for
     3  up to five years. After such time, providers must  be  able  to  provide
     4  economically   sustainable  transportation  services  without  receiving
     5  further public financial assistance for operating or capital expenses.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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