S 7527: Creates a distinctive parking placard to allow midwives to park closer to patients' homes in order to provide quicker access and swift care.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7527 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating a distinctive parking placard to allow midwives to park closer to patients' homes in order to provide swift care The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1203 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows: 3 (e) Where parking is prohibited by signs, but not where stopping or 4 standing is prohibited, a duly licensed midwife, as defined in article 5 one hundred forty of the education law, may park their motor vehicle, 6 identified by a special placard issued by the commissioner pursuant to 7 section four hundred four-ff of this chapter, for a period not to exceed 8 one hour while attending to a patient in the immediate vicinity. 9 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 10 404-ff to read as follows: 11 § 404-ff. Distinctive placard for licensed midwives. 1. Any duly 12 licensed midwife, as defined in article one hundred forty of the educa- 13 tion law, in this state shall, upon application, be issued a distinctive 14 placard bearing a unique serial number in such form and detail as the 15 commissioner shall prescribe. Application for such placard shall be 16 filed with the commissioner and shall be verified annually by the appli- 17 cant. 18 2. The distinctive placard authorized in subdivision one of this 19 section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, 20 that the applicant is presently a duly licensed midwife. 21 3. A distinctive placard issued pursuant to this section shall be 22 issued upon payment of an initial, one-time service charge to be 23 prescribed by the commissioner. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11729-01-5