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.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5Section 2-129 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/2-129 new)
7    Sec. 2-129. Post-traumatic stress disorder designation.
8The Secretary of State shall create a designation for driver's
9licenses of members of the Armed Forces or Reserve Forces of
10the United States, or veterans of these forces, who request the
11designation and voluntarily provide the Secretary with a
12diagnosis that the person suffers from a post-traumatic stress
13disorder. The designation shall be in a form that alerts law
14enforcement and emergency medical personnel of the
15individual's post-traumatic stress disorder. The Secretary
16shall provide the driver's license designation upon request of
17an applicant who provides a sworn statement verifying the
18diagnosis from a person licensed to practice medicine or
19psychology in this State and any other documentation the
20Secretary deems necessary. The Secretary shall adopt any rules
21necessary to carry out this Section.