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S06938Introduced in the Senate

Allows for paratransit eligible for paratransit eligible individuals who are at least eighty years old, to be required only to present correspondence from a licensed physician, dated within the preceding thirty days, indicating that the paratransit service is still necessary for the individual to make a single application for paratransit services; provides that once approved, such individuals shall be exempt from all certification requirements.

IntroducedSenate Transportation

Introduced by Andrew Lanza, District 24

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Allows for paratransit eligible for paratransit eligible individuals who are at least eighty years old, to be required only to present correspondence from a licensed physician, dated within the preceding thirty days, indicating that the paratransit service is still necessary for the individual to make a single application for paratransit services; provides that once approved, such individuals shall be exempt from all certification requirements.

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REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

January 7, 2026

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  1. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

  2. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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