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House panel advances bill to let owners and independent shops repair electric wheelchairs and complex rehab equipment
Summary
The committee voted to advance Senate Bill 550, a right-to-repair measure for electric wheelchairs and complex rehabilitation technology, after rejecting an amendment that would have required medical authorization for some repairs.
The House Committee on Commerce Consumer Protection voted to advance Senate Bill 550 with a due-pass recommendation after rejecting a proposed amendment that would have required medical-professional authorization for certain repairs. Committee staff described SB 550 as a right-to-repair measure for original manufacturers of electric wheelchairs and complex rehabilitation technology: if documentation, parts and tools are made available to authorized service providers, they must be made available on fair and reasonable terms to an owner or independent repair provider.
The measure includes definitions to distinguish consumer equipment from parts or components that…
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