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Assembly Woman Glick has written her reasons for not allowing our bill out of committee to many of those who wrote to her. Her email goes something like this: Thank you for your letter regarding A6179a/S3880a which would license vision rehabilitation therapists and orientation and mobility specialists.
At this point in time, concerns have been raised that licensing this profession could potentially cause the organizations that provide vision rehabilitation and orientation and mobility services to be in violation of New York State’s corporate practice laws. Corporate practice laws prohibit business entities that are not directly owned by licensed professionals from providing services that fall under the scope of practice of licensed professions. Before this legislation can move forward, more research is needed to determine if licensing this profession will have the unintended consequence of negatively impacting the longstanding organizations that provide these services.
I thank you for your interest in this bill. I am as interested as you are in legislation that would protect consumers and assure New Yorkers access to needed social services.
Sincerely,
Deborah J. Glick
Assemblymember
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