Bill Text: OH HB273 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To establish the "Yellow Dot" motor vehicle medical information program within the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-09-30 - To Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security [HB273 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB273-Introduced.html
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Representative Pillich
Cosponsors:
Representatives Letson, Reece, Sheehy, Hagan, R., Williams
| To enact section 5502.59 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| establish the "Yellow Dot" motor vehicle medical | 2 |
| information program within the Department of | 3 |
| Public Safety. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 5502.59 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 5502.59. There is hereby created the "yellow dot" motor | 7 |
| vehicle medical information program, which shall be administered | 8 |
| by the department of public safety. The purpose of the "yellow | 9 |
| dot" program is to assist owners and lessees of motor vehicles who | 10 |
| participate in the program, their passengers, and emergency | 11 |
| medical responders in the event of a motor vehicle accident or a | 12 |
| medical emergency involving a participant's vehicle. | 13 |
| The owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who participates in | 14 |
| the program shall receive a "yellow dot" window decal and a | 15 |
| "yellow dot" folder. The folder, which is intended to be stored in | 16 |
| the glove compartment of the motor vehicle, shall contain an | 17 |
| information form containing the participant's name, a photo of the | 18 |
| participant, emergency contact information, the participant's | 19 |
| medical conditions, recent surgeries, allergies, medications being | 20 |
| used, and relevant information about the participant's personal | 21 |
| physician. The participant shall affix the "yellow dot" window | 22 |
| decal on the operator's side of the vehicle's rear window in the | 23 |
| lower corner. The purpose of the decal is to alert emergency | 24 |
| medical responders to search the glove compartment of the vehicle | 25 |
| for the corresponding "yellow dot" folder. The purposes of the | 26 |
| information in the folder are to assist emergency medical | 27 |
| responders, in the event of an accident involving the motor | 28 |
| vehicle, in positively identifying the participant, communicating | 29 |
| with the participant's family or emergency contacts, and ensuring | 30 |
| that the person's current medications and pre-existing medical | 31 |
| conditions are considered when treatment is administered for any | 32 |
| injury the participant suffers in the motor vehicle accident. | 33 |
| Persons who ride in motor vehicles as passengers also may | 34 |
| participate in the program, but shall not be issued a decal if the | 35 |
| owner or lessee of the motor vehicle in which the person rides | 36 |
| also participates in the program. | 37 |
| The department shall not charge any fee to participate in the | 38 |
| "yellow dot" program and shall take reasonable measures to | 39 |
| publicize the program. The department may accept donations and | 40 |
| grants from any source to assist in paying the expenses the | 41 |
| department incurs in administering the program. | 42 |
| The department shall adopt such rules governing the "yellow | 43 |
| dot" program as may be necessary to implement and administer the | 44 |
| program. | 45 |
