NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4931

Senate Bill S4931

2021-2022 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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2021-S4931 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §200, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6333
2013-2014: S2484
2015-2016: S3361
2017-2018: S6233
2019-2020: S3275
2023-2024: S4185
2025-2026: S5584

2021-S4931 (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.

2021-S4931 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4931

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

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

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 200 of the vehicle and traffic law by adding
a new subdivision three.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation allows the Commissioner of the Department of Motor
Vehicles to create a "Yellow Dot" program that would alert first respon-
ders about a driver's medical condition, facilitating treatment and
helping more victims of crashes survive. This program is designed to
help victims during the first sixty minutes after a crash, an hour that
can make all the difference between life and death. A yellow dot fixed
to the driver side rear window of a vehicle would notify emergency
personnel of a folder in the glove compartment, alerting them to impor-
tant information the victim might be unable to communicate at the time.
This program is already present in numerous states including Kansas,
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, and
Alabama.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: S.3275 - Referred to Transportation

2019: S.3275 - Referred to Transportation

2018: S.6233 -Referred to Transportation/ A.8143 - Referred to Transpor-
tation

2017: S.6233 -Passed Senate / A.8143 - Referred to Transportation

2016: S.3361A - Passed Senate / A.8184 - Referred to Transportation

2015: S.3361A - Passed Senate / A.8184- Referred to Transportation

2014: S.2484 - Referred to Transportation/A.6171 - Referred to Transpor-
tation

2012: S.6333 - Referred to Transportation /A.10441-Referred to Transpor-
tation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take which it shall have action necessary to date are
authorized effect on the first of April next succeeding the date on
become a law, provided that, effective immediately, any implement the
provisions of this act on its effective and directed to be completed on
or before such date.

2021-S4931 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4931
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 18, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06762-01-1

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