ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

 

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB 2330: disability; voluntary disclosure; licenses

S/E: voluntary disclosure; disability; licenses

Sponsor: Representative Willoughby, LD 13

Committee on Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to HB 2330

Overview

Directs the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to note in their records that an individual with an identifiable license or vehicle occupant may need a communication accommodation and stipulates that the data must be available to law enforcement agencies.

History

ADOT must provide a space, on a driver or nonoperating identification license, for a licensee to indicate a medical condition using a medical code prescribed by ADOT. A licensee must present a signed statement from a licensed physician or licensed registered nurse practitioner stating that the person has said medical condition. ADOT, through rule, must prescribe a medical code identifying medical conditions using numerals or letters commonly accepted by the medical profession. ADOT cannot maintain the medical code in their records after issuing a driver or nonoperating identification license unless a person requests otherwise (A.R.S. 28-3167).

In accordance with the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, ADOT cannot disclose highly restricted personal information, including medical or disability information (A.R.S. §§ 28-455; 28-440).

Provisions

1.   Instructs ADOT to note in their customer record that a person may need a communication accommodation if requested by a person with a driver license or nonoperating identification license. (Sec. 1)

2.   Allows the owner of a registered vehicle to request ADOT to note in their vehicle record that a vehicle occupant may need a communication accommodation. (Sec. 1)

3.   Stipulates that ADOT determines the method in which requests can be made. (Sec. 1)

4.   Requires ADOT to establish procedures to make communication accommodation notations available only to law enforcement agencies. (Sec. 1)

5.   Defines communication accommodation and disability that can impair communication. (Sec. 1)

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