Transit agencies must offer simple paratransit recertification for lasting disabilities
Transit operators funded under the state Transportation Development Act must offer a simple recertification by phone, mail or online, every 5 years, for paratransit riders whose disabilities are not expected to improve. Later, it becomes the only process allowed for those riders, with some exceptions.
Who it affects
Paratransit riders with lasting disabilities and transit operators
When
January 1, 2027 is a deadline set in the law.
- : Signed into law
- : Law took effect
- : Deadline: Transit operators must have a streamlined paratransit recertification process
- : Transit operators may use only the streamlined process for eligible riders
Official text
California AB 1250: Transit operators: paratransit: recertification of eligibility.
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