NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1094A

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2017-S1094 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§490, 502 & 504, rpld §502 sub 1, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: S2581

2017-S1094 - Summary

Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses.

2017-S1094 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1094

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health
care proxy information on driver's licenses; and to repeal certain
provisions of such law relating thereto

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of this bill is to amend the information that may be
listed on an application for a driver's license or non-driver
identification cards, regarding whether an individual has executed an
advance directive.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one, two, three, four, and five makes concurring amends to the
vehicle and traffic law relating to information that may be listed on
an application for a driver's license or non-driver identification
cards, regarding whether an individual has executed an advance
directive.

Section six amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of
the vehicle and traffic law.

Section seven sets forth the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Advance directives, such as health care proxies or living wills, are
verbal or written instructions given by individuals specifying what
medical care they wish to receive, or abstain from receiving, should
they become unable to make such decisions in the future. These orders
ensure that a patient's wishes about treatment are known and followed
if they cannot speak for themselves due to incapacitating illness or
injury.

All New Yorkers should be made aware of their ability to execute
advance directives. By adding a question on an application for a
driver's license or non-driver identification cards, regarding whether
an individual has executed an advance directive New York can raise
awareness about advance directives. Nothing in this legislation would
require an individual to complete an advance directive. Rather, it
would simply ask applicants if they have completed a health care proxy
or living will. This will help to raise awareness regarding the need
for an advance directive. All individuals in good health should
consider preparing an advance directive in case of sudden accident or
illness.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

05/17/16 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

Undetermined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the
amendments to subdivision 2 of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic
law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration
and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 6 of chapter 465
of the laws of 2012, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
section two of this act shall take effect; and provided further that
section four of this act shall take effect on the one hundred
eightieth day after it shall have become law, and section five of this
act shall take effect October 3, 2017.

2017-S1094 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1094
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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 health  care
   proxy   information  on  driver's  licenses;  and  to  repeal  certain
   provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2012, the  third  undesig-
 nated  paragraph  as  amended  by  chapter  248  of the laws of 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. Application. Any person to whom a  driver's  license  or  learner's
 permit  has  not  been  issued  by  the  commissioner, or whose driver's
 license or learner's permit is expired, suspended,  revoked  or  surren-
 dered,  may  make application to the commissioner for the issuance of an
 identification  card.  The  commissioner  shall  ensure  that  space  is
 provided  on  the  application  so  that the applicant shall register or
 decline registration in the donate life registry for  organ  and  tissue
 donations  pursuant  to  section  forty-three  hundred ten of the public
 health law and that the following is stated on the application in  clear
 and conspicuous type:
   "You  must  fill out the following section: Would you like to be added
 to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes'  or  'skip  this  ques-
 tion'."
   The  commissioner  of  health shall not maintain records of any person
 who checks "skip this question". Except where the application is made in
 person or electronically, failure to check a box shall  not  impair  the
 validity of an application, and failure to check "yes" or checking "skip
 this  question" shall not be construed to imply a wish not to donate. In
 the case of an applicant under eighteen years  of  age,  checking  "yes"
 shall  not constitute consent to make an anatomical gift or registration

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06981-02-7

 S. 1094                             2
 
 in the donate life registry, except as otherwise  provided  pursuant  to
 the  provisions  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section forty-
 three hundred one of the public  health  law.  Where  an  applicant  has
 previously  consented  to  make  an anatomical gift or registered in the
 donate life registry, checking "skip this question" or failing to  check
 a  box shall not impair that consent or registration.  ADDITIONALLY, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE  APPLICATION  SO
 THAT  THE  APPLICANT SHALL INDICATE A DECLARATION RELATING TO THE DESIG-
 NATION OF A HEALTH CARE PROXY PURSUANT TO  SECTION  TWENTY-NINE  HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-ONE  OF  THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS TYPED IN
 CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A  HEALTH
 CARE  PROXY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'." FOLLOWED BY A
 SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE AGENT'S NAME.
   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO ENSURE  THAT  SPACE  IS  PROVIDED  ON  THE
 APPLICATION  SO THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INDICATE A DECLARATION RELATING
 TO THE USE OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS  TYPED
 IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU  MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A LIVING
 WILL? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'."
   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  MAKE  WHATEVER  PROVISIONS  ARE  FEASIBLE  AND
 DESIRABLE  TO  MAINTAIN  AND  ISSUE  ALL  SUITABLE  DOCUMENTS  REGARDING
 ADVANCED DIRECTIVES AT DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING OFFICES.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  575  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Application. Any person to whom a  driver's  license  or  learner's
 permit  has  not  been  issued  by  the  commissioner, or whose driver's
 license or learner's permit is expired, suspended,  revoked  or  surren-
 dered,  may  make application to the commissioner for the issuance of an
 identification card.  ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ENSURE  THAT
 SPACE  IS  PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INDI-
 CATE A DECLARATION RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A  HEALTH  CARE  PROXY
 PURSUANT  TO SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
 LAW AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS TYPED IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "You must fill out the following section: Have you completed a  health
 care  proxy? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this question'." Followed by a
 space for the health care agent's name.
   The commissioner shall also ensure  that  space  is  provided  on  the
 application  so that the applicant shall indicate a declaration relating
 to the use of life-sustaining treatment and that the following is  typed
 in clear and conspicuous type:
   "You  must fill out the following section: Have you completed a living
 will? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this question'."
   The commissioner shall  make  whatever  provisions  are  feasible  and
 desirable  to  maintain  and  issue  all  suitable  documents  regarding
 advanced directives at driver's license examining offices.
   § 3. Subparagraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of  the  vehicle
 and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 429 of the laws of 2014, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing  number  or
 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
 cle  forty-three  of  the public health law, A DECLARATION RELATING TO A
 HEALTH CARE PROXY, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND A DECLARATION RELATING TO THE  USE  OF  LIFE-
 SUSTAINING  TREATMENTS  by  the holder may be recorded and shall contain

 S. 1094                             3
 
 such other information and shall be issued in such form as  the  commis-
 sioner  shall determine; provided, however, every identification card or
 renewal thereof issued to a person under the  age  of  twenty-one  years
 shall  have  prominently imprinted thereon the statement "UNDER 21 YEARS
 OF AGE" in notably  distinctive  print  or  format.  Provided,  further,
 however, that every identification card issued to an applicant who was a
 member  of  the armed forces of the United States and received an honor-
 able discharge or was  released  therefrom  under  honorable  conditions
 shall,  upon  his  or  her  request and submission of proof as set forth
 herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in such form as the  commissioner
 shall  determine,  indicating  that  he  or she is a veteran. Such proof
 shall consist of a certificate of release or discharge from active  duty
 including  but  not limited to a DD Form 214 or other proof satisfactory
 to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not  require  fees  for  the
 issuance  of  such  identification  cards or renewals thereof to persons
 under twenty-one years of age which are different from the fees required
 for the issuance of identification cards or renewals thereof to  persons
 twenty-one years of age or over, nor fees to persons requesting a veter-
 an  distinguishing  mark which are different from fees that would other-
 wise be required. Provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions
 of section four hundred ninety-one of  this  article,  the  commissioner
 shall  not require any fees for the duplication or amendment of an iden-
 tification card prior to its renewal if such  duplication  or  amendment
 was  solely  for  the purpose of adding a veteran distinguishing mark to
 such identification card.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 separately  amended  by  chapters  465  and  487 of the laws of 2012, is
 REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows:
   1. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER'S  LICENSE  SHALL
 BE  MADE TO THE COMMISSIONER. THE FEE PRESCRIBED BY LAW MAY BE SUBMITTED
 WITH SUCH APPLICATION. THE APPLICANT SHALL FURNISH SUCH PROOF OF IDENTI-
 TY, AGE, AND FITNESS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER. ELIGIBILITY
 FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL NOT BE CONDITIONED ON  A  PARTICULAR  IMMI-
 GRATION  STATUS.  THE COMMISSIONER MAY ALSO PROVIDE THAT THE APPLICATION
 PROCEDURE SHALL INCLUDE THE TAKING OF A PHOTO IMAGE  OR  IMAGES  OF  THE
 APPLICANT  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  RULES AND REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER ALSO SHALL REQUIRE THAT  THE
 APPLICANT PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WHERE SUCH APPLICANT
 IS  A LEGAL IMMIGRANT AND SHALL PROVIDE SPACE ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT
 THE APPLICANT MAY REGISTER IN THE NEW YORK STATE ORGAN AND TISSUE  DONOR
 REGISTRY  UNDER SECTION FORTY-THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW
 WITH THE FOLLOWING STATED ON THE APPLICATION IN  CLEAR  AND  CONSPICUOUS
 TYPE:
   "YOU  MUST  FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ADDED
 TO THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES'  OR  'SKIP  THIS  QUES-
 TION'."
   THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  SHALL NOT MAINTAIN
 RECORDS OF ANY PERSON WHO CHECKS "SKIP THIS QUESTION". FAILURE TO  CHECK
 A  BOX  SHALL  NOT IMPAIR THE VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION, AND FAILURE TO
 CHECK "YES" OR CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE  CONSTRUED  TO
 IMPLY  A  WISH NOT TO DONATE. IN THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT UNDER EIGHTEEN
 YEARS OF AGE, CHECKING "YES" SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE  CONSENT  TO  MAKE  AN
 ANATOMICAL  GIFT  OR  REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY. WHERE AN
 APPLICANT HAS PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR  REGIS-
 TERED  IN  THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY, CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" OR
 FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THAT CONSENT OR REGISTRATION. IN

 S. 1094                             4
 
 ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER  ALSO  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  SPACE  SHALL  BE
 PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT THE APPLICANT MAY REQUEST A NOTATION
 UPON SUCH LICENSE THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED
 FORCES.    ADDITIONALLY,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ENSURE THAT SPACE IS
 PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION SO  THAT  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL  INDICATE  A
 DECLARATION  RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A HEALTH CARE PROXY PURSUANT
 TO SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH  LAW  AND
 THAT THE FOLLOWING IS TYPED IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU  MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A HEALTH
 CARE PROXY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'." FOLLOWED BY  A
 SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE AGENT'S NAME.
   THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ALSO  ENSURE  THAT  SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE
 APPLICATION SO THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INDICATE A DECLARATION  RELATING
 TO  THE USE OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS TYPED
 IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A  LIVING
 WILL? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'."
   THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  MAKE  WHATEVER  PROVISIONS  ARE FEASIBLE AND
 DESIRABLE  TO  MAINTAIN  AND  ISSUE  ALL  SUITABLE  DOCUMENTS  REGARDING
 ADVANCED  DIRECTIVES AT DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING OFFICES. IN ADDITION,
 AN APPLICANT FOR A  COMMERCIAL  DRIVER'S  LICENSE  WHO  WILL  OPERATE  A
 COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE IN INTERSTATE  COMMERCE SHALL CERTIFY THAT SUCH
 APPLICANT  MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS TO OPERATE A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE,
 AS SET FORTH IN PUBLIC LAW 99-570, TITLE XII, AND TITLE 49 OF  THE  CODE
 OF  FEDERAL  REGULATIONS,  AND ALL REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED
 STATES SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION UNDER THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS  TRANS-
 PORTATION  ACT.  IN  ADDITION,  AN  APPLICANT  FOR A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
 LICENSE SHALL SUBMIT A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AT SUCH INTERVALS AS REQUIRED
 BY THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT  OF  1999  AND  PART
 383.71(H)  OF  TITLE  49  OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO
 MEDICAL CERTIFICATION AND IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.
 FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  AND  SECTIONS FIVE HUNDRED THREE, FIVE
 HUNDRED TEN-A, AND FIVE HUNDRED TEN-AA OF THIS TITLE, THE TERMS "MEDICAL
 CERTIFICATE" AND "MEDICAL CERTIFICATION" SHALL MEAN A FORM SUBSTANTIALLY
 IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FORM SET FORTH IN PART 391.43(H) OF TITLE  49  OF
 THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. UPON A DETERMINATION THAT THE HOLDER OF
 A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE HAS MADE ANY FALSE STATEMENT, WITH RESPECT
 TO  THE APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REVOKE SUCH
 LICENSE.
   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 added by section four of this act, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Application  for license. Application for a driver's license shall
 be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be  submitted
 with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
 ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. Eligibility
 for  a  driver's  license shall not be conditioned on a particular immi-
 gration status. The commissioner may also provide that  the  application
 procedure  shall  include  the  taking of a photo image or images of the
 applicant in accordance with rules and  regulations  prescribed  by  the
 commissioner.  In addition, the commissioner also shall require that the
 applicant provide his or her social security number where such applicant
 is a legal immigrant and [shall] provide space  on  the  application  so
 that  the  applicant may register in the New York state organ and tissue
 donor registry under section  forty-three  hundred  ten  of  the  public
 health  law  [with  the following stated on the application in clear and
 conspicuous type:

 S. 1094                             5

   "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to  be  added
 to  the  Donate  Life  Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
 tion'."
   The  commissioner  of  the  department  of  health  shall not maintain
 records of any person who checks "skip this question". Failure to  check
 a  box  shall  not impair the validity of an application, and failure to
 check "yes" or checking "skip this question" shall not be  construed  to
 imply  a  wish not to donate. In the case of an applicant under eighteen
 years of age, checking "yes" shall not constitute  consent  to  make  an
 anatomical  gift  or  registration in the donate life registry. Where an
 applicant has previously consented to make an anatomical gift or  regis-
 tered  in  the  donate  life  registry, checking "skip this question" or
 failing to check a box shall not impair that consent  or  registration].
 In  addition,  the  commissioner  also shall require that space shall be
 provided on the application so that the applicant may request a notation
 upon such license that he or she is a veteran of the United States armed
 forces.   Additionally, the commissioner  shall  ensure  that  space  is
 provided  on  the  application  so  that  the applicant shall indicate a
 declaration relating to the designation of a health care proxy  pursuant
 to  section  twenty-nine hundred eighty-one of the public health law and
 that the following is typed in clear and conspicuous type:
   "You must fill out the following section: Have you completed a  health
 care  proxy? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this question'." Followed by a
 space for the health care agent's name.
   The commissioner shall also ensure  that  space  is  provided  on  the
 application  so that the applicant shall indicate a declaration relating
 to the use of life-sustaining treatment and that the following is  typed
 in clear and conspicuous type:
   "You  must fill out the following section: Have you completed a living
 will? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this question'."
   The commissioner shall  make  whatever  provisions  are  feasible  and
 desirable  to  maintain  and  issue  all  suitable  documents  regarding
 advanced directives at driver's license examining offices. In  addition,
 an  applicant  for  a  commercial  driver's  license  who will operate a
 commercial motor vehicle in interstate  commerce shall certify that such
 applicant meets the requirements to operate a commercial motor  vehicle,
 as  set  forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the code
 of federal regulations, and all regulations promulgated  by  the  United
 States  secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials trans-
 portation act. In addition,  an  applicant  for  a  commercial  driver's
 license shall submit a medical certificate at such intervals as required
 by  the  federal  motor  carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and Part
 383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of  federal  regulations  relating  to
 medical  certification  and  in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
 For purposes of this section  and  sections  five  hundred  three,  five
 hundred ten-a, and five hundred ten-aa of this title, the terms "medical
 certificate" and "medical certification" shall mean a form substantially
 in  compliance  with the form set forth in Part 391.43(h) of title 49 of
 the code of federal regulations. Upon a determination that the holder of
 a commercial driver's license has made any false statement, with respect
 to the application for such license, the commissioner shall revoke  such
 license.
   §  6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and
 traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 568 and 639 of  the  laws
 of 2006, is amended to read as follows:

 S. 1094                             6
 
   (a)  Every  license  or renewal thereof shall contain a distinguishing
 mark and adequate space upon  which  an  anatomical  gift,  pursuant  to
 section  forty-three hundred ten of the public health law, by the licen-
 see shall be recorded and shall contain such other information and shall
 be  issued  in  such form as the commissioner shall determine; provided,
 however, every license or renewal thereof issued to a person  under  the
 age  of  twenty-one  years  shall have prominently imprinted upon it the
 statement "UNDER 21 YEARS  OF  AGE"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or
 format;  provided  further,  however,  every  license or renewal thereof
 issued to a person making an  anatomical  gift  shall  have  prominently
 printed  upon the front of such license or renewal thereof the statement
 "ORGAN DONOR" in notably distinctive  print  or  format;  PROVIDED  THAT
 EVERY  LICENSE  SHALL HAVE IMPRINTED ON THE BACK "DESIGNATED HEALTH CARE
 AGENT:" FOLLOWED BY A SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE AGENT'S NAME AND CONTACT
 INFORMATION;  AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  EVERY  LICENSE  SHALL   HAVE
 IMPRINTED  ON THE BACK "EXECUTED DECLARATION RELATING TO LIFE-SUSTAINING
 TREATMENT:" FOLLOWED BY A SPACE TO MARK THE  APPROPRIATE  BOX  "YES"  OR
 "NO".   The commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such
 licenses or renewals thereof to persons under twenty-one years of age or
 to persons making an anatomical gift which are different from  the  fees
 required  for  the  issuance  of licenses or renewals thereof to persons
 twenty-one years of age or over or to persons not making  an  anatomical
 gift.
   §  7.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to the third undesignated paragraph of subdivision  2  of
 section  490  of the vehicle and traffic law made by section one of this
 act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as chapter
 248 of the laws of 2016 takes effect; provided further that  the  amend-
 ments  to  subdivision  2  of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law
 made by section one of this act shall  be subject to the expiration  and
 reversion  of  such  subdivision pursuant to section 6 of chapter 465 of
 the laws of 2012, as amended, when upon  such  date  the  provisions  of
 section  two  of  this  act shall take effect; and provided further that
 section four of this act shall take effect on the one hundred  eightieth
 day after it shall have become a law, and section five of this act shall
 take effect October 3, 2017.

2017-S1094A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§490, 502 & 504, rpld §502 sub 1, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: S2581

2017-S1094A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses.

2017-S1094A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1094A

SPONSOR: VALESKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to health care proxy information on driver's licenses; and to
repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the information that may be listed
on an application for a driver's license or non-driver identification
cards, regarding whether an individual has executed an advance direc-
tive.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one, two, three, four, and five makes concurring amends to the
vehicle and traffic law relating to information that may be listed on an
application for a driver's license or non-driver identification cards,
regarding whether an individual has executed an advance directive.

Section six amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the
vehicle and traffic law.

Section seven sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Advance directives, such as health care proxies or living wills, are
verbal or written instructions given by individuals specifying what
medical care they wish to receive, or abstain from receiving, should
they become unable to make such decisions in the future. These orders
ensure that a patient's wishes about treatment are known and followed if
they cannot speak for themselves due to incapacitating illness or inju-
ry.

All New Yorkers should be made aware of their ability to execute advance
directives. By adding a question on an application for a driver's
license or non-driver identification cards, regarding whether an indi-
vidual has executed an advance directive New York can raise awareness
about advance directives. Nothing in this legislation would require an
individual to complete an advance directive. Rather, it would simply ask
applicants if they have completed a health care proxy or living will.
This will help to raise awareness regarding the need for an advance
directive. All individuals in good health should consider preparing an
advance directive in case of sudden accident or illness.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

05/17/16 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the
amendments to subdivision 2 of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic
law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration
and reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 6 of chapter 465
of the laws of 2012, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
section two of this act shall take effect; and provided further that
section four of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
day after it shall have become law, and section five of this act shall
take effect October 3, 2019.

2017-S1094A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1094--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health care
   proxy  information  on  driver's  licenses;  and  to  repeal   certain
   provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 490 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2012, the third undesig-
 nated paragraph as amended by chapter  248  of  the  laws  of  2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  Application.  Any  person  to whom a driver's license or learner's
 permit has not been  issued  by  the  commissioner,  or  whose  driver's
 license  or  learner's  permit is expired, suspended, revoked or surren-
 dered, may make application to the commissioner for the issuance  of  an
 identification  card.  The  commissioner  shall  ensure  that  space  is
 provided on the application so that  the  applicant  shall  register  or
 decline  registration  in  the donate life registry for organ and tissue
 donations pursuant to section forty-three  hundred  ten  of  the  public
 health  law and that the following is stated on the application in clear
 and conspicuous type:
   "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to  be  added
 to  the  Donate  Life  Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
 tion'."
   The commissioner of health shall not maintain records  of  any  person
 who checks "skip this question". Except where the application is made in
 person  or  electronically,  failure to check a box shall not impair the
 validity of an application, and failure to check "yes" or checking "skip

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06981-04-8

 S. 1094--A                          2
 
 this question" shall not be construed to imply a wish not to donate.  In
 the  case  of  an  applicant under eighteen years of age, checking "yes"
 shall not constitute consent to make an anatomical gift or  registration
 in  the  donate  life registry, except as otherwise provided pursuant to
 the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision  one  of  section  forty-
 three  hundred  one  of  the  public  health law. Where an applicant has
 previously consented to make an anatomical gift  or  registered  in  the
 donate  life registry, checking "skip this question" or failing to check
 a box shall not impair that consent or registration.  ADDITIONALLY,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION SO
 THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INDICATE A DECLARATION RELATING TO  THE  DESIG-
 NATION  OF  A  HEALTH CARE PROXY PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS  TYPED  IN
 CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU  MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A HEALTH
 CARE PROXY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'." FOLLOWED BY  A
 SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE AGENT'S NAME.
   THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ALSO  ENSURE  THAT  SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE
 APPLICATION SO THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INDICATE A DECLARATION  RELATING
 TO  THE USE OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS TYPED
 IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A  LIVING
 WILL? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'."
   THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  MAKE  WHATEVER  PROVISIONS  ARE FEASIBLE AND
 DESIRABLE  TO  MAINTAIN  AND  ISSUE  ALL  SUITABLE  DOCUMENTS  REGARDING
 ADVANCED DIRECTIVES AT DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING OFFICES.
   §  2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and
 traffic law, as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2014,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b)  The  identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
 cle forty-three of the public health law, A DECLARATION  RELATING  TO  A
 HEALTH CARE PROXY, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF
 THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW, AND A DECLARATION RELATING TO THE USE OF LIFE-
 SUSTAINING TREATMENTS by the holder may be recorded  and  shall  contain
 such  other  information and shall be issued in such form as the commis-
 sioner shall determine; provided, however, every identification card  or
 renewal  thereof  issued  to  a person under the age of twenty-one years
 shall have prominently imprinted thereon the statement "UNDER  21  YEARS
 OF  AGE"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or format. Provided, further,
 however, that every identification card issued to an applicant who was a
 member of the armed forces of the United States and received  an  honor-
 able  discharge  or  was  released  therefrom under honorable conditions
 shall, upon his or her request and submission  of  proof  as  set  forth
 herein,  contain a distinguishing mark, in such form as the commissioner
 shall determine, indicating that he or she  is  a  veteran.  Such  proof
 shall  consist of a certificate of release or discharge from active duty
 including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or other  proof  satisfactory
 to  the  commissioner.  The  commissioner shall not require fees for the
 issuance of such identification cards or  renewals  thereof  to  persons
 under twenty-one years of age which are different from the fees required
 for  the issuance of identification cards or renewals thereof to persons
 twenty-one years of age or over, nor fees to persons requesting a veter-
 an distinguishing mark which are different from fees that  would  other-
 wise be required. Provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions
 of  section  four  hundred  ninety-one of this article, the commissioner

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 shall not require any fees for the duplication or amendment of an  iden-
 tification  card  prior  to its renewal if such duplication or amendment
 was solely for the purpose of adding a veteran  distinguishing  mark  to
 such identification card.
   §  3.  Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 separately amended by chapters 465 and 487  of  the  laws  of  2012,  is
 REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows:
   1.  APPLICATION  FOR LICENSE. APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL
 BE MADE TO THE COMMISSIONER. THE FEE PRESCRIBED BY LAW MAY BE  SUBMITTED
 WITH SUCH APPLICATION. THE APPLICANT SHALL FURNISH SUCH PROOF OF IDENTI-
 TY, AGE, AND FITNESS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER. ELIGIBILITY
 FOR  A  DRIVER'S  LICENSE SHALL NOT BE CONDITIONED ON A PARTICULAR IMMI-
 GRATION STATUS. THE COMMISSIONER MAY ALSO PROVIDE THAT  THE  APPLICATION
 PROCEDURE  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  TAKING OF A PHOTO IMAGE OR IMAGES OF THE
 APPLICANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES AND  REGULATIONS  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER.  IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER ALSO SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE
 APPLICANT PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WHERE SUCH APPLICANT
 IS A LEGAL IMMIGRANT AND SHALL PROVIDE SPACE ON THE APPLICATION SO  THAT
 THE  APPLICANT MAY REGISTER IN THE NEW YORK STATE ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR
 REGISTRY UNDER SECTION FORTY-THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH  LAW
 WITH  THE  FOLLOWING  STATED ON THE APPLICATION IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS
 TYPE:
   "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO  BE  ADDED
 TO  THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUES-
 TION'."
   THE COMMISSIONER OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  SHALL  NOT  MAINTAIN
 RECORDS  OF ANY PERSON WHO CHECKS "SKIP THIS QUESTION". FAILURE TO CHECK
 A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THE VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION,  AND  FAILURE  TO
 CHECK  "YES"  OR CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
 IMPLY A WISH NOT TO DONATE. IN THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT  UNDER  EIGHTEEN
 YEARS  OF  AGE,  CHECKING  "YES" SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT TO MAKE AN
 ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE  REGISTRY.  WHERE  AN
 APPLICANT  HAS PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGIS-
 TERED IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY,  CHECKING  "SKIP  THIS  QUESTION"  OR
 FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THAT CONSENT OR REGISTRATION. IN
 ADDITION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  ALSO  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  SPACE SHALL BE
 PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT THE APPLICANT MAY REQUEST A NOTATION
 UPON SUCH LICENSE THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED
 FORCES.   ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  SPACE  IS
 PROVIDED  ON  THE  APPLICATION  SO  THAT  THE APPLICANT SHALL INDICATE A
 DECLARATION RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF A HEALTH CARE PROXY  PURSUANT
 TO  SECTION  TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND
 THAT THE FOLLOWING IS TYPED IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A  HEALTH
 CARE  PROXY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'." FOLLOWED BY A
 SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE AGENT'S NAME.
   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO ENSURE  THAT  SPACE  IS  PROVIDED  ON  THE
 APPLICATION  SO THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INDICATE A DECLARATION RELATING
 TO THE USE OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS  TYPED
 IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU  MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A LIVING
 WILL? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'."
   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  MAKE  WHATEVER  PROVISIONS  ARE  FEASIBLE  AND
 DESIRABLE  TO  MAINTAIN  AND  ISSUE  ALL  SUITABLE  DOCUMENTS  REGARDING
 ADVANCED DIRECTIVES AT DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING OFFICES. IN  ADDITION,
 AN  APPLICANT  FOR  A  COMMERCIAL  DRIVER'S  LICENSE  WHO WILL OPERATE A

 S. 1094--A                          4
 
 COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE IN INTERSTATE  COMMERCE SHALL CERTIFY THAT SUCH
 APPLICANT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS TO OPERATE A COMMERCIAL MOTOR  VEHICLE,
 AS  SET  FORTH IN PUBLIC LAW 99-570, TITLE XII, AND TITLE 49 OF THE CODE
 OF  FEDERAL  REGULATIONS,  AND ALL REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED
 STATES SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION UNDER THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS  TRANS-
 PORTATION  ACT.  IN  ADDITION,  AN  APPLICANT  FOR A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
 LICENSE SHALL SUBMIT A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AT SUCH INTERVALS AS REQUIRED
 BY THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT  OF  1999  AND  PART
 383.71(H)  OF  TITLE  49  OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO
 MEDICAL CERTIFICATION AND IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.
 FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  AND  SECTIONS FIVE HUNDRED THREE, FIVE
 HUNDRED TEN-A, AND FIVE HUNDRED TEN-AA OF THIS TITLE, THE TERMS "MEDICAL
 CERTIFICATE" AND "MEDICAL CERTIFICATION" SHALL MEAN A FORM SUBSTANTIALLY
 IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FORM SET FORTH IN PART 391.43(H) OF TITLE  49  OF
 THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS. UPON A DETERMINATION THAT THE HOLDER OF
 A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE HAS MADE ANY FALSE STATEMENT, WITH RESPECT
 TO  THE APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REVOKE SUCH
 LICENSE.
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 added by section three of this act, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Application  for license. Application for a driver's license shall
 be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be  submitted
 with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
 ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. Eligibility
 for  a  driver's  license shall not be conditioned on a particular immi-
 gration status. The commissioner may also provide that  the  application
 procedure  shall  include  the  taking of a photo image or images of the
 applicant in accordance with rules and  regulations  prescribed  by  the
 commissioner.  In addition, the commissioner also shall require that the
 applicant provide his or her social security number where such applicant
 is a legal immigrant and [shall] provide space  on  the  application  so
 that  the  applicant may register in the New York state organ and tissue
 donor registry under section  forty-three  hundred  ten  of  the  public
 health  law  [with  the following stated on the application in clear and
 conspicuous type:
   "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to  be  added
 to  the  Donate  Life  Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
 tion'."
   The commissioner of  the  department  of  health  shall  not  maintain
 records  of any person who checks "skip this question". Failure to check
 a box shall not impair the validity of an application,  and  failure  to
 check  "yes"  or checking "skip this question" shall not be construed to
 imply a wish not to donate. In the case of an applicant  under  eighteen
 years  of  age,  checking  "yes" shall not constitute consent to make an
 anatomical gift or registration in the donate life  registry.  Where  an
 applicant  has previously consented to make an anatomical gift or regis-
 tered in the donate life registry,  checking  "skip  this  question"  or
 failing  to  check a box shall not impair that consent or registration].
 In addition, the commissioner also shall require  that  space  shall  be
 provided on the application so that the applicant may request a notation
 upon such license that he or she is a veteran of the United States armed
 forces.    Additionally,  the  commissioner  shall  ensure that space is
 provided on the application so  that  the  applicant  shall  indicate  a
 declaration  relating to the designation of a health care proxy pursuant
 to section twenty-nine hundred eighty-one of the public health  law  and
 that the following is typed in clear and conspicuous type:

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   "You  must fill out the following section: Have you completed a health
 care proxy? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this question'." Followed by  a
 space for the health care agent's name.
   The  commissioner  shall  also  ensure  that  space is provided on the
 application so that the applicant shall indicate a declaration  relating
 to  the use of life-sustaining treatment and that the following is typed
 in clear and conspicuous type:
   "You must fill out the following section: Have you completed a  living
 will? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this question'."
   The  commissioner  shall  make  whatever  provisions  are feasible and
 desirable  to  maintain  and  issue  all  suitable  documents  regarding
 advanced  directives at driver's license examining offices. In addition,
 an applicant for a  commercial  driver's  license  who  will  operate  a
 commercial motor vehicle in interstate  commerce shall certify that such
 applicant  meets the requirements to operate a commercial motor vehicle,
 as set forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of  the  code
 of  federal  regulations,  and all regulations promulgated by the United
 States secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials  trans-
 portation  act.  In  addition,  an  applicant  for a commercial driver's
 license shall submit a medical certificate at such intervals as required
 by the federal motor carrier safety improvement act  of  1999  and  Part
 383.71(h)  of  title  49  of the code of federal regulations relating to
 medical certification and in a manner prescribed  by  the  commissioner.
 For  purposes  of  this  section  and  sections five hundred three, five
 hundred ten-a, and five hundred ten-aa of this title, the terms "medical
 certificate" and "medical certification" shall mean a form substantially
 in compliance with the form set forth in Part 391.43(h) of title  49  of
 the code of federal regulations. Upon a determination that the holder of
 a commercial driver's license has made any false statement, with respect
 to  the application for such license, the commissioner shall revoke such
 license.
   § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle  and
 traffic  law,  as separately amended by chapters 568 and 639 of the laws
 of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Every license or renewal thereof shall  contain  a  distinguishing
 mark  and  adequate  space  upon  which  an anatomical gift, pursuant to
 section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law, by the  licen-
 see shall be recorded and shall contain such other information and shall
 be  issued  in  such form as the commissioner shall determine; provided,
 however, every license or renewal thereof issued to a person  under  the
 age  of  twenty-one  years  shall have prominently imprinted upon it the
 statement "UNDER 21 YEARS  OF  AGE"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or
 format;  provided  further,  however,  every  license or renewal thereof
 issued to a person making an  anatomical  gift  shall  have  prominently
 printed  upon the front of such license or renewal thereof the statement
 "ORGAN DONOR" in notably distinctive  print  or  format;  PROVIDED  THAT
 EVERY  LICENSE  SHALL HAVE IMPRINTED ON THE BACK "DESIGNATED HEALTH CARE
 AGENT:" FOLLOWED BY A SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE AGENT'S NAME AND CONTACT
 INFORMATION;  AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT  EVERY  LICENSE  SHALL   HAVE
 IMPRINTED  ON THE BACK "EXECUTED DECLARATION RELATING TO LIFE-SUSTAINING
 TREATMENT:" FOLLOWED BY A SPACE TO MARK THE  APPROPRIATE  BOX  "YES"  OR
 "NO".   The commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such
 licenses or renewals thereof to persons under twenty-one years of age or
 to persons making an anatomical gift which are different from  the  fees
 required  for  the  issuance  of licenses or renewals thereof to persons

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 twenty-one years of age or over or to persons not making  an  anatomical
 gift.
   §  6.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 section three of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
 day after it shall have become a law, and section four of this act shall
 take effect October 3, 2019.

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Senate Bill S1094A

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