Amd §459, RPT L; amd §404-a, V & T L; amd §902, Ed L
Provides that chiropractors may certify disability for handicapped parking and real property tax purposes and be employed by school districts to assist medical inspectors.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A3798
SPONSOR: Weprin TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to enabling
chiropractors to certify disability; to amend the vehicle and traffic
law, in relation to enabling chiropractors to certify disability for the
purpose of issuance of handicapped license plates and registration; and
to amend the education law, in relation to enabling chiropractors to be
employed by school districts to provide school health services
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to bring parity and equity among direct
access health care practitioners.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends real property tax law § 459 and enables chiropractors
to certify an individual's disability.
Section 2 amends vehicle and traffic law S 404-a to enable chiropractors
to certify a person's disability for the purpose of receiving handicap
license plates and registration.
Section 3 amends education law § 902 so as to allow chiropractors to be
employed by a school district to assist the district's medical inspector
or to provide services to students of the district.
JUSTIFICATION:
Most direct access health care professionals are empowered under various
sections of the law to certify to a patient's disability for parking
permits and handicapped license plates. However, through legislative
oversight, chiropractors have been omitted from the list of providers
who can certify to their patient's disability. Sections 1 and 2 of this
bill simply clarify that chiropractors are included in the list of
health care professionals who can certify to a patient's disability.
This legislation brings parity among the direct access health care
Professionals. Moreover, without this legislation patients must incur
the time and expense of being examined by a second professional, whose
profession is listed, since their chiropractor is currently unable to
certify to their disability.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
02/10/17 referred to real property taxation
01/03/18 referred to real property taxation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.
