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Comments in Opposition to HB 107 - David Fesman, Queen City Med Mart (Commerce and Labor Committee)

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Comments to the Ohio House of Representatives Commerce and Labor Committee in opposition to proposed HB 107 language as of April 2021, from David Fesman, president of Queen City Med Mart, a home accessibility and medical equipment company. The comments state that additional licensing, training and regulation would disadvantage small and mid-size local businesses that install stairlifts, ceiling lifts, vertical platform lifts and elevators in homes. They state that Ohio code already requires drawings, a permit application and weight and safety testing before operation, so added licensing would be redundant. They say the added costs would fall on clients on a fixed income.

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                           Everything You Need to Stay in the Home You Love
June 6, 2021

Ohio House of Representatives Commerce and Labor Committee

Comments in opposition of proposed HB 107 language as of April 2021



Representative Stein,

My name is David Fesman, president of Queen City Med Mart, a home accessibility and medical
equipment company. We have been serving Ohio for over 30 years.
We take great pride in helping our elderly and disabled clients find ways to live more independently in
their homes through home modifications such as stairlifts, ceiling lifts, elevators, and vertical platform
lifts.
HB 107 as it currently stands puts small and mid-size local businesses at a large disadvantage. The
additional costs, training, and regulation would put pressure on businesses already pushed to the edge
from the current economic climate. Most of the home lift and elevator companies also do vertical
platform lifts on smaller commercial projects to diversify their revenue streams. These projects are not
the same installing an elevator in a skyscraper or other larger, more complex, elevator jobs as they are
under 6 stops and have lower weight capacities. Other accessibility equipment, such as stairlifts, vertical
platform lifts, and incline platform lifts are typically only two stories high. Requiring the same licensing
as an elevator for a large building for these much smaller projects is excessive and unnecessary.
Currently Ohio code requires submittal of drawings and a permit application and is then weight and
safety tested prior to operation. This ensures the safety of the end user and keeps their cost as low as
possible. Since these procedures will remain in place, the proposed requirement of additional licensing
would be redundant and an extra step in an already functional regulatory process.
This would add an enormous burden to these companies and create smaller pool of commercial elevator
installers. By increasing the company costs, adding regulation, and reducing competition, you would
increase costs drastically for the end consumer who, in most cases, is on a fixed income. Our clients are
not corporations who can afford additional costs to improve their quality of life.
In conclusion, there is already regulation on the work I am mentioning and already an inspection
process. This will only create more paper pushing with no real changes to the inspection process and
evaluation of properly installed equipment.
Thank you for your time and consideration in these matters, and I am looking forward to working
toward a solution or compromise.


Best Regards,

David Fesman
Queen City Med Mart, LLC



                             Cincinnati, OH: 10780 Reading Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45231
                                   5045 Crookshank Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45238
                             Kettering, OH: 2237 Smithville Road Kettering, Ohio 45420
                                             Telephone: 1-800-950-4400
                                                     www.medmart.com

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