PRINTER'S NO. 3609
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2558
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY LABS, MARCELL, TOMLINSON, STAATS, KUZMA, TOPPER
AND HOGAN, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, providing for emergency
contacts and medical conditions in driver records.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 1521. Emergency contacts and medical conditions in driver
records.
(a) Establishment of program.--
(1) The department, in consultation with the
Pennsylvania State Police, shall establish a program that
allows an individual with a driver's license or an
identification card issued by the department to add emergency
contacts and medical conditions on the individual's records
maintained with the department and to allow access to the
emergency contacts and medical conditions by law enforcement
personnel performing their official duties. An individual may
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opt into or withdraw from the program during renewal of the
license or identification card or during vehicle
registration. The department may establish a process that
permits an individual, at any time, to opt into or withdraw
from the program.
(2) The department shall maintain a publicly accessible
Internet website for individuals who participate in the
program to add no more than two emergency contacts and the
medical conditions as described under paragraph (3).
(3) The medical conditions on an individual's records
maintained by the department shall, upon receipt by the
department of a statement that is certified by a health care
provider and acceptable to the department, be limited to the
following:
(i) Deafness or hearing impairment.
(ii) Autism spectrum disorder.
(iii) A similar medical condition as provided in
paragraph (4).
(iv) Any other communication impediment certified by
a health care provider.
(4) The department may add a medical condition to the
list in subsection (a)(3) provided that:
(i) The department consults with, at a minimum, the
Pennsylvania State Police and Medical Advisory Board.
(ii) The department transmits a notice of the
similar medical condition to the Legislative Reference
Bureau for publication in the next available issue of the
Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(5) The department shall maintain a publicly accessible
Internet website that provides information to the public
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relating to the program.
(6) The department, in coordination with the
Pennsylvania State Police, shall inform police departments in
this Commonwealth of the program.
(b) False reporting on medical conditions.--
(1) The department may cancel or revoke an individual's
participation in the program if:
(i) the department determines a medical condition of
the individual was fraudulently or erroneously reported
to the department; or
(ii) the department determines the individual,
during an encounter with law enforcement, misrepresented
a medical condition reported to the department.
(2) The department shall provide an individual with
notice and an opportunity to be heard before canceling or
revoking the individual's participation in the program.
(c) Fee prohibited.--The department may not impose a fee or
charge for participation in the program.
(d) Right-to-Know Law.--Information provided by an
individual to the department for the program and an individual's
participation in the program shall not be accessible for
inspection or duplication under the act of February 14, 2008
(P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in six months.
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