Bill > S837

Introduced Session

This bill requires a trash collection service doing business in this State to allow a person who has entered a long term care or an assisted living facility to terminate a trash collection contract without incurring an early termination fee. Unless otherwise waived by the trash collection service, the bill requires the person to give the service recipient no less than 45 days' notice prior to the requested date of the contract's termination or cancellation. However, if a physician's order requires the person's immediate relocation to a long-term care facility, this notice requirement would be waived, and the contract could be terminated within 48 hours. The trash collection service is to provide a standard termination form to the service recipient upon request, which the service recipient and a physician are to utilize when requesting contract termination or cancellation from the service. If a service recipient is unable to submit the standard termination form and a representative of the recipient is requesting contract termination or cancellation, the representative is to submit to the trash collection service the standard termination form and a copy of the power of attorney, conservatorship, or guardianship documents verifying the representative's authority. The bill also allows a trash collection service to require written proof of a service recipient's relocation to a long-term facility. In this event, the bill provides that the delivery of a written notice to the trash collection service of the contract termination and a letter signed by the service recipient's physician no later than 45 days prior to the scheduled date of termination would be deemed to constitute sufficient proof.

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Patrick Diegnan (D)*,  Bob Singer (R)*,  Carmen Amato (R), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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