BILL NUMBER: S5584
SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
a yellow dot program for persons fifty-five years of age or older
 
PURPOSE:
Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish a yellow dot
program under which vehicle occupants' medical information is available
in the glove compartment.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends section 200 of the vehicle and traffic law by adding
a new subdivision three.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation allows the Commissioner of the Department of Motor
Vehicles to create a "Yellow Dot" program that would alert first respon-
ders about a driver's medical condition, facilitating treatment and
helping more victims of crashes survive. This program is designed to
help victims during the first sixty minutes after a crash, an hour that
can make all the difference between life and death. A yellow dot fixed
to the driver side rear window of a vehicle would notify emergency
personnel of a folder in the glove compartment, alerting them to impor-
tant information the victim might be unable to communicate at the time.
This program is already present in numerous states including Kansas,
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, and
Alabama.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: S.4185 - Referred to Transportation
2023: S.4185 - Referred to Transportation
2022: S.4931 - Referred to Transportation
2021: S.4931 - Referred to Transportation
2020: S.3275 - Referred to Transportation
2019: S.3275 - Referred to Transportation
2018: S.6233 -Referred to Transportation/ A.8143 - Referred to Transpor-
tation
2017: S.6233 -Passed Senate / A.8143 - Referred to Transportation
2016: S.3361A - Passed Senate / A.8184 - Referred to Transportation
2015: S.3361A - Passed Senate / A.8184- Referred to Transportation
2014: S.2484 - Referred to Transportation/A.6171 - Referred to Transpor-
tation
2012: S.6333 - Referred to Transportation /A.10441-Referred to Transpor-
tation
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take which it shall have action necessary to date are
authorized effect on the first of April next succeeding the date on
become a law, provided that, effective immediately, any implement the
provisions of this act on its effective and directed to be completed on
or before such date.

Statutes affected:
S5584: 200 vehicle and traffic law