HB 1268 — 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.

PRINTER'S NO.   1411

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 1268
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY LABS, KUZMA, STAATS, VENKAT AND CIRESI,
        APRIL 17, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 17, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in licensing of drivers, providing for emergency
 3      contacts and medical conditions in driver records.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 7   Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
 8   § 1521.    Emergency contacts and medical conditions in driver
 9                   records.
10      (a)    Establishment of program.--
11             (1)   The department, in consultation with the
12      Pennsylvania State Police, shall establish a program that
13      allows an individual with a driver's license or an
14      identification card issued by the department to add emergency
15      contacts and medical conditions on the individual's records
16      maintained with the department and to allow access to the
17      emergency contacts and medical conditions by law enforcement
18      personnel performing their official duties. An individual may
 1    opt into or withdraw from the program during renewal of the
 2    license or identification card or during vehicle
 3    registration. The department may establish a process that
 4    permits an individual, at any time, to opt into or withdraw
 5    from the program.
 6        (2)   The department shall maintain a publicly accessible
 7    Internet website for individuals who participate in the
 8    program to add no more than two emergency contacts and the
 9    medical conditions as described under paragraph (3).
10        (3)   The medical conditions on an individual's records
11    maintained by the department shall, upon receipt by the
12    department of a statement that is certified by a health care
13    provider and acceptable to the department, be limited to the
14    following:
15              (i)    Deafness or hearing impairment.
16              (ii)    Autism spectrum disorder.
17              (iii)    A similar medical condition as provided in
18        paragraph (4).
19              (iv)    Any other communication impediment certified by
20        a health care provider.
21        (4)   The department may add a medical condition to the
22    list in subsection (a)(3) provided that:
23              (i)    The department consults with, at a minimum, the
24        Pennsylvania State Police and Medical Advisory Board.
25              (ii)    The department transmits a notice of the
26        similar medical condition to the Legislative Reference
27        Bureau for publication in the next available issue of the
28        Pennsylvania Bulletin.
29        (5)   The department shall maintain a publicly accessible
30    Internet website that provides information to the public

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 1      relating to the program.
 2            (6)   The department, in coordination with the
 3      Pennsylvania State Police, shall inform police departments in
 4      this Commonwealth of the program.
 5      (b)   False reporting on medical conditions.--
 6            (1)   The department may cancel or revoke an individual's
 7      participation in the program if:
 8                  (i)    the department determines a medical condition of
 9            the individual was fraudulently or erroneously reported
10            to the department; or
11                  (ii)    the department determines the individual,
12            during an encounter with law enforcement, misrepresented
13            a medical condition reported to the department.
14            (2)   The department shall provide an individual with
15      notice and an opportunity to be heard before canceling or
16      revoking the individual's participation in the program.
17      (c)   Fee prohibited.--The department may not impose a fee or
18   charge for participation in the program.
19      (d)   Right-to-Know Law.--Information provided by an
20   individual to the department for the program and an individual's
21   participation in the program shall not be accessible for
22   inspection or duplication under the act of February 14, 2008
23   (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
24      Section 2.        This act shall take effect in six months.




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