PRINTER'S NO.  2925

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2098

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY DePASQUALE, FARRY, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GEORGE, HALUSKA, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, JOSEPHS, KULA, McGEEHAN, MILLARD, MILLER, MIRABITO, MUNDY, MURT, STURLA, SWANGER, THOMAS AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 20, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 20, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, further providing for issuance and content of

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driver's license; and providing for emergency contact

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database.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 1510(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 1510.  Issuance and content of driver's license.

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(d)  Medical history record.--Any person may attach to the

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reverse side of his driver's license or identification card

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information relating to his personal medical history. In

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addition, any person may add medical information to the person's

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driving record via the department's emergency contact database

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established in section 1518.1 (relating to emergency contact

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database).

 


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Section 2.  Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 1518.1.  Emergency contact database.

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(a)  Emergency contacts.--The department shall establish a

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database of emergency contacts of persons who are issued a

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driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary

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instruction permit or identification card. Information in the

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database shall be accessible only to employees of the bureau and

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to criminal justice agencies and is not public record pursuant

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to Chapter 61 (relating to powers of department and local

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authorities).

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(b)  Information.--An individual holding a driver's license,

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commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit or

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identification card shall be afforded the opportunity to list

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the name, address, telephone number and relationship to the

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individual of at least one, but not to exceed three, contact

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persons whom the individual wishes to be contacted if the

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individual is involved in a motor vehicle accident or emergency

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situation and the individual dies, is seriously injured or is

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rendered unconscious and is unable to communicate with the

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contact person. The contact person may or may not be the next of

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kin of the applicant, except that if the applicant is under 18

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years of age and is not emancipated, the contact person shall

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include the parent, guardian or custodian of the applicant.

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(c)  Duties of department.--The department shall adopt rules

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to implement this section. The rules shall address both of the

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following:

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(1)  The methods whereby a person who has submitted the

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name of a contact person for inclusion in the database may

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make changes to that entry.

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(2)  Any other aspect of the database or its operation

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that the department determines necessary in order to

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implement this section.

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(d)  Notification.--In the event of a motor vehicle accident

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or emergency situation in which a person dies, is seriously

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injured or is rendered unconscious and is unable to communicate

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with the contact person specified in the database, an employee

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of a criminal justice agency shall make a good faith effort to

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notify the contact person of the situation, but the department,

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the employee or the criminal justice agency that employs that

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employee shall not incur any liability if the employee is not

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able to make contact with the contact person.

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(e)  Rules and regulations.--The department shall adopt rules

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and regulations establishing the emergency contact database and

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the database shall be operational not later than 180 days after

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the effective date of this section.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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