[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1831 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1831

To establish a national Yellow Dot Program to alert law enforcement and 
emergency services personnel to the medical conditions, prescriptions, 
 and other vital information necessary to treat drivers and passengers 
             in motor vehicles in emergency circumstances.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 16, 2013

  Mr. Manchin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a national Yellow Dot Program to alert law enforcement and 
emergency services personnel to the medical conditions, prescriptions, 
 and other vital information necessary to treat drivers and passengers 
             in motor vehicles in emergency circumstances.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Yellow Dot Program Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
        Administration of the Department of Transportation.
            (2) Coordinator.--The term ``Coordinator'' means the 
        national coordinator of the Yellow Dot Program, who has been 
        designated by the Administrator pursuant to section 3(a)(2)(A).
            (3) Program participant.--The term ``program participant'' 
        means a person who has agreed to participate in the Yellow Dot 
        Program.
            (4) Yellow dot program.--The term ``Yellow Dot Program'' 
        means the Yellow Dot Program established under section 3(a).

SEC. 3. YELLOW DOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall establish a 
        national Yellow Dot Program to assist law enforcement and 
        emergency services personnel to efficiently gather relevant 
        medical information in the event of a motor vehicle accident or 
        other medical emergency involving motor vehicles.
            (2) Coordinator.--
                    (A) Designation.--The Administrator shall designate 
                an employee of the Department of Transportation to 
                serve as the national coordinator of the Yellow Dot 
                Program.
                    (B) Responsibilities.--The Coordinator shall--
                            (i) provide information, training, and 
                        materials for the Yellow Dot Program to assist 
                        the State officials designated pursuant to 
                        paragraph (3)(B) in the implementation of the 
                        Yellow Dot Program;
                            (ii) compile national statistics on Yellow 
                        Dot Program participation rates, broken down by 
                        State and age; and
                            (iii) collaborate with States that have 
                        programs similar to the Yellow Dot Program to 
                        improve national consistency in training 
                        materials, participant forms and information, 
                        and subsequent data collection methods.
            (3) State participation.--Each State that elects to 
        participate in the Yellow Dot Program shall--
                    (A) notify the Coordinator of such election;
                    (B) designate a State official to oversee the 
                Yellow Dot Program throughout the State; and
                    (C) comply with the requirements set forth in 
                subsection (b).
    (b) State Responsibilities.--Each participating State shall--
            (1) work with local law enforcement and emergency services 
        agencies to publicize the Yellow Dot Program throughout the 
        State;
            (2) distribute to program participants--
                    (A) for each motor vehicle in which the program 
                participant anticipates regularly driving or riding, a 
                yellow sticker and a yellow folder; and
                    (B) for each driver or passenger, a blank form with 
                space to enter medical conditions of, prescriptions 
                taken by, and other vital information of the program 
                participant;
            (3) instruct local law enforcement and emergency services 
        personnel about the purposes and requirements of the Yellow Dot 
        Program; and
            (4) submit an annual report to the Coordinator that 
        identifies the number of program participants in the State, 
        broken down by age.
    (c) Program Participant Responsibilities.--Each program participant 
shall--
            (1) place the sticker distributed pursuant to subsection 
        (b)(2)(A) in the bottom left corner of the rear window of each 
        vehicle in which the program participant anticipates regularly 
        driving or riding;
            (2) place the completed form distributed pursuant to 
        subsection (b)(2)(B) in the folder distributed pursuant to 
        subsection (b)(2)(A); and
            (3) place the folder with the relevant completed forms in 
        the glove compartment of each vehicle in which the program 
        participant anticipates regularly driving or riding.
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