SB3329 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 19985 AXK 44384 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3329

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/2-129 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall create a designation for driver's licenses of members of the Armed Forces or Reserve Forces of the United States, or veterans of these forces, who request the designation and voluntarily provide the Secretary with a diagnosis that the person suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. The Secretary shall provide the designation upon request of an applicant who provides a sworn statement verifying the diagnosis from a person licensed to practice medicine or psychology in this State and any other documentation the Secretary deems necessary.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 2-129 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/2-129 new)

Sec. 2-129. Post-traumatic stress disorder designation. The Secretary of State shall create a designation for driver's licenses of members of the Armed Forces or Reserve Forces of the United States, or veterans of these forces, who request the designation and voluntarily provide the Secretary with a diagnosis that the person suffers from a post-traumatic stress disorder. The designation shall be in a form that alerts law enforcement and emergency medical personnel of the individual's post-traumatic stress disorder. The Secretary shall provide the driver's license designation upon request of an applicant who provides a sworn statement verifying the diagnosis from a person licensed to practice medicine or psychology in this State and any other documentation the Secretary deems necessary. The Secretary shall adopt any rules necessary to carry out this Section.