The proposed bill, if enacted, would amend existing statutes related to driver and nonoperating identification licenses in Arizona. It would replace the current requirement for a medical code with a medical indicator to identify licensees with advanced health care directives. Specifically, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) would be required to provide a space on each license for individuals to indicate their advanced health care directives, including various types of medical directives. Additionally, licensees would need to affirm at each renewal that their medical indicator remains in effect, and ADOT would not maintain any documents related to these directives in their records after issuing the license.

Furthermore, the bill would expand the immunity from liability for individuals who rely on the medical indicator to include civilian bystanders, and it would clarify that ADOT is not obligated to accept or interpret medical care directives that do not meet statutory requirements. The bill also removes the requirement for ADOT to prescribe a medical code and modifies the definition of medical information to refer to the medical indicator instead. Overall, these changes aim to streamline the identification of individuals with advanced health care directives while enhancing public awareness and coordination with the Arizona health care directives registry. The bill is set to take effect on January 1, 2027.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 28-3167, 36-3251
House Engrossed Version: 28-440, 28-3167, 36-3251, 20-2102, 28-3159, 41-151
Chaptered Version: 28-440, 28-3167, 36-3251, 20-2102, 28-3159, 41-151