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Assembly Bill A8143

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a yellow dot program under which vehicle occupants' medical information is available in the glove compartment

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2017-A8143 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6233
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §200, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10441, S6333
2013-2014: A6171, S2484
2015-2016: A8184, S3361
2019-2020: S3275
2021-2022: S4931
2023-2024: S4185
2025-2026: S5584

2017-A8143 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a yellow dot program under which the medical and emergency contact information of the occupants, aged 55 or older, of a motor vehicle is available to emergency personnel in the glove compartment.

2017-A8143 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8143
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 31, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   a yellow dot program for persons fifty-five years of age or older
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 200 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A YELLOW DOT PROGRAM FOR OPER-
 ATORS  AND  PASSENGERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES WHO ARE FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE
 OR OLDER. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE  THE  PROVISION  OF  A  YELLOW  DOT
 DECAL,  OR MEDICAL INFORMATION AND EMERGENCY CONTACT FORM, AND A DURABLE
 YELLOW ENVELOPE FOR SUCH FORM. THE PLACEMENT OF THE YELLOW DOT DECAL  ON
 THE  LOWER LEFT CORNER OF THE REAR WINDOW OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL INDI-
 CATE TO EMERGENCY PERSONNEL  THAT  THE  MEDICAL  AND  EMERGENCY  CONTACT
 INFORMATION FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF SUCH VEHICLE MAY BE LOCATED IN A YELLOW
 ENVELOPE IN THE VEHICLE'S GLOVE COMPARTMENT.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
 AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE  AGING,  SHALL  CREATE  AND  MAKE
 AVAILABLE  THE  YELLOW  DOT  PROGRAM MATERIALS INCLUDING THE MEDICAL AND
 EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION FORM TO BE USED FOR THE YELLOW DOT PROGRAM
 AND A CONSUMER EDUCATION PROGRAM.
   (C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE YELLOW DOT PROGRAM MATERIALS AVAILABLE
 BY MAIL AND AT EVERY STATE AND COUNTY MOTOR VEHICLE OFFICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the  date  on which it shall have become a law, provided that, effective
 immediately, any action necessary to implement the  provisions  of  this
 act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be completed on
 or before such date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02401-01-7

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