Bill > A1695

Introduced Session

This bill concerns the licenses, identification cards, and law enforcement officer interactions with persons who have special needs. Under the bill, a person with special needs includes any person who has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, extreme or debilitating anxiety, a communication disability, post-traumatic stress disorder, or Tourette syndrome or other neurological tic disorder by a licensed physician, psychologist, or health care professional. The bill defines "communication disability" as a condition involving an impairment in the person's ability to receive, send, process, or comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal, or graphic symbol systems, that may result in a primary disability or may be secondary to other disabilities. The bill permits the holder of a license or identification card to voluntarily designate that the person has special needs. The designation is to be used by law enforcement officers or emergency medical professionals to identify and effectively communicate with or to render aide to a person with special needs. The designation indicating that a person has special needs is to be given a restriction code that is required to be displayed on the person's driver's license or non-driver identification in accordance with procedures prescribed by the chief administrator. However, the holder of a basic driver's license or non-driver identification card who makes the voluntary designation is required to have the opportunity to remove the designation at any time.

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Garnet Hall (D)*,  Cody Miller (D)*,  Michael Venezia (D)*,  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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