Assembly Bill A3814

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the placement of a discreet disability designation on non-driver identification cards, drivers' licenses and learners' permits and making technical and conforming changes

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A3814 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5519
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§490, 502 & 504, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8301, S6447
2021-2022: A6086, S1986

2023-A3814 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the placement of a discreet disability designation on non-driver identification cards, drivers' licenses and learners' permits; makes technical and conforming changes.

2023-A3814 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3814
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the place-
   ment of a discreet disability designation on non-driver identification
   cards, drivers' licenses and learners' permits  and  making  technical
   and conforming changes

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the  vehi-
 cle and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (iv) to read
 as follows:
   (IV)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE SPACE SO THAT AN APPLICANT MAY
 REQUEST A NOTATION UPON SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT SUCH APPLICANT HAS
 A DISABILITY. AN APPLICANT REQUESTING A  NOTATION  OF  DISABILITY  SHALL
 SUBMIT  EITHER  A  COPY  OF  SUCH APPLICANT'S SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
 BENEFIT VERIFICATION LETTER OR A FORM, TO BE PROMULGATED BY THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, COMMISSIONER OF
 MENTAL HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOP-
 MENTAL  DISABILITIES  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ADDICTION SERVICES AND
 SUPPORTS, VERIFYING THAT SUCH  APPLICANT  HAS  A  DISABILITY,  INCLUDING
 CHRONIC ILLNESS OR PAIN. SUCH FORM SHALL BE SIGNED BY:
   (A)  A  LICENSED  PHYSICIAN,  INCLUDING  A  LICENSED  NEUROLOGIST OR A
 LICENSED PSYCHIATRIST;
   (B) A COMMISSIONED MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES;
   (C) A LICENSED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT;
   (D) A LICENSED PODIATRIST;
   (E) A CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER;
   (F) A LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST; OR
   (G) A LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07915-01-3
 A. 3814                             2
              

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