Assembly Bill A11121

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of DMV to require examination of a person involved in a accident caused by a loss of consciousness or awareness

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

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2017-A11121 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8990
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §506, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A4751, S1071, S5225

2017-A11121 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of DMV to require examination of a person involved in an accident caused by a loss of consciousness or awareness; directs DMV, in consultation with the New York state department of health and the New York state division of state police, to undertake a review of the department's medical review program regarding the department's reexamination of drivers who may suffer from a chronic, ongoing condition that may cause loss of consciousness, loss of awareness or loss of body control.

2017-A11121 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11121
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 6, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Carroll) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
   the  commissioner of the department of motor vehicles to require exam-
   ination of persons involved in an accident which was caused by a  loss
   of consciousness by such person

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 506 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as added by chapter 780 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. The commissioner may require every person holding a license  issued
 pursuant  to  this  article to submit to such an examination as shall be
 determined by him to be appropriate if (A) such person has been involved
 in three accidents while driving a motor vehicle or motorcycle within  a
 period  of  eighteen  months,  if  such  accidents  were  required to be
 reported by section six hundred five of this chapter, OR (B) SUCH PERSON
 EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND  WAS  INVOLVED  IN  AN  ACCIDENT
 WHILE  DRIVING  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  OR  MOTORCYCLE,  IF SUCH ACCIDENT WAS
 REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED BY SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER  AND
 THE  COMMISSIONER  RECEIVES  EVIDENCE  THAT  SUCH  LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
 CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SUCH ACCIDENT.
   § 2. The New York state department of motor  vehicles  ("department"),
 in consultation with the New York state department of health and the New
 York  state  division  of  state police, shall undertake a review of the
 department's medical review program regarding the  department's  reexam-
 ination  of  drivers  and  the  methodologies  by  which  the department
 receives information that would establish  reasonable  grounds  for  the
 commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  to  believe  that  a person holding a
 license may not be qualified to drive a motor vehicle due to a  chronic,
 ongoing  condition  that may cause loss of consciousness, loss of aware-
 ness or loss of body control.   Such review shall include,  but  not  be
 limited to, an examination of the means by which the department is noti-
 fied  by  a  physician,  a  police officer, or other person of a driving
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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