What's happening
This bill directs the Department of Health to study and recommend ways for healthcare professionals to report medical conditions that may impair drivers.
Why it matters
The bill seeks to balance public safety and patient confidentiality. by examining how healthcare professionals could report medical conditions that may make drivers unsafe, while considering ways to protect patients’ privacy.
Recommendations will address consistent standards and procedures. , including how to identify at-risk conditions, use validated measures of impairment, and establish uniform reporting standards for all healthcare professionals.
The study could lead to broader changes. in how the state handles driver medical fitness, including possible updates to DMV medical review programs, improved accident reporting where medical conditions are a factor, and strategies to encourage more self-reporting by drivers themselves.
The outcome could shape future laws and policies. regarding both healthcare professional responsibilities and driver licensing, potentially affecting patients’ rights, road safety, and professional liability for medical practitioners.
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Who cares
Department of Health
The bill would direct the department to study medical-condition reporting by healthcare professionals and submit recommendations within one year.
Department of Motor Vehicles and State Police
Both would be consulted on the study, which would address medical review of licensed drivers and reporting crashes involving medical conditions.
Physicians and nurse practitioners
Their named professional associations would be consulted on recommendations for identifying driving risks, measuring impairment and developing reporting standards.
Motorists with medical conditions that may impair driving
The study would examine patient confidentiality, driver reexaminations and possible ways to increase self-reporting.
Headline styles
Study Health Risks for Drivers
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 44
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3572
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT authorizing and directing the department of health to conduct a study on physicians and other licensed healthcare professionals reporting medical conditions that may impair the ability of a motorist to drive a motor vehicle
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The department of health, in consultation with the department of motor vehicles, division of state police, medical society of the state of New York, the nurse practitioner association of New York state and any other agencies or political subdivisions or parties with expertise it deems necessary, shall conduct a study and make recommendations regarding physicians and other licensed healthcare professionals reporting medical conditions that may impair the ability of a motorist to drive a motor vehicle to the department of health and department of motor vehicles. Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited to: (a) methods for licensed healthcare professionals to identify conditions that pose a significant risk to the safe operation of a motor vehicle; (b) the use of uniform validated measures for determining the degree of impairment of the motorist; (c) a mechanism, including the use of existing mechanisms, for healthcare professionals to report such conditions to the department of motor vehicles while protecting patient confidentiality; and (d) the development of a professional standard of performance for physicians and other licensed healthcare professionals reporting conditions that may pose a significant risk to the safe operation of a motor vehicle. The study shall also include recommendations for improving and expanding use of the department of motor vehicles medical review program regarding the reexamination of currently licensed motorists that may not be qualified to drive a motor vehicle due to a chronic, ongoing condition that may cause loss of consciousness, aware-
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ness or body control and proper reporting of accidents in which a medical condition contributed to causation. The report may also include recommendations on additional mechanisms, including without limitation administrative or statutory remedies and public outreach campaigns, to increase self-reporting of medical conditions that may impair a motorist's ability to operate a motor vehicle.
§ 2. The study shall be completed and a report with any recommendations, including findings and justification for the development of the professional standard of performance, shall be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate transportation committee, the chair of the assembly transportation committee, the chair of the senate health committee and the chair of the assembly health committee within one year of the effective date of this act.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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