Bill Text: NH SB114 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Enabling a drivers license applicant to request that his or her license indicate that he or she has a medically recognized disorder.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-03 - Signed by the Governor on 06/02/15; Chapter 0078; Effective 07/01/2016 [SB114 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2015-SB114-Amended.html
SB 114-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/05/2015 0462s
03/05/2015 0533s
2015 SESSION
15-0633
08/09
SENATE BILL 114-FN
AN ACT enabling a driver’s license applicant to request that his or her license indicate that he or she has a medically recognized disorder.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Rep. Packard, Rock 5; Rep. McKinney, Rock 5; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock 5
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill enables a driver’s license applicant to request that his or her license indicate that he or she has a medically recognized disorder.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/05/2015 0533s
03/05/2015 0462s
15-0633
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT enabling a driver’s license applicant to request that his or her license indicate that he or she has a medically recognized disorder.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Medically Recognized Disorder Indication. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 41-a the following new section:
263:41-b Medically Recognized Disorder Indication.
I. At the request of the holder of a driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card, and presentation of signed statement by a licensed physician confirming the applicant’s condition, the department shall print a standard representation of the medically recognized disorder on the driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card of the person making the request, in a form and location determined by the director.
II. It shall be the sole responsibility of the holder of the driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card to notify the department of any change in medically recognized disorder that requires an update of the driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification. The holder of a driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card shall pay the applicable replacement fee if a change in information necessitates the issuance of a new driver’s license or nondriver’s picture identification card.
III. For the purpose of this section, the director shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A defining medically recognized disorder and listing the disorders and their representations that may be shown on driver’s licenses or nondriver’s picture identification cards.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
LBAO
15-0633
Revised 03/20/15
Amended 03/11/15
SB 114-FN FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT enabling a driver’s license applicant to request that his or her license indicate that he or she has a medically recognized disorder.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill, as amended by the Senate (Amendments #2015-0533s and #2015-0462s), will increase state highway fund expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures, or state, county, and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety states the proposed legislation would enable both driver’s license and non-driver identification applicants to indicate that he or she has a medically recognized disorder. The Department states information system programming and form changes would be necessary to implement the proposed legislation and to make any subsequent additions or deletions from the list of medical disorders that could be indicated. Whereas the Department does not have information from which to identify how many medically recognized disorders would need to be made available to license and identification applicants, the Department is unable to estimate to what extent highway fund expenditures would increase as a result of the necessary programming and form changes.
The Department notes the division of motor vehicles is currently in the process of implementing a project to replace several systems including those associated with driver licensing, financial responsibility, auto dealer and inspection stations, and financial subsystems. The Department states the diversion of resources necessary to implement the proposed legislation could impede the Department’s ability to meet its obligation to the vendor which could in turn, result in additional costs jeopardizing the Department’s ability to complete the project within its current appropriation.
