HF 588 (LSB 1954YH (3) 88)

HOUSE FILE 588

BY  BENNETT

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the issuance of persons with disabilities parking permits to new residents with valid persons with disabilities parking permits from other states.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321L.2, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   A resident of the state with a disability desiring a persons with disabilities parking permit shall apply to the department upon an application form furnished by the department providing the applicant’s full legal name, address, date of birth, and social security number or Iowa driver’s license number or Iowa nonoperator’s identification card number, and shall also provide a statement from a physician licensed under chapter 148 or 149, a physician assistant licensed under chapter 148C, an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 152, or a chiropractor licensed under chapter 151, or a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or chiropractor licensed to practice in a contiguous state, written on the physician’s, physician assistant’s, nurse practitioner’s, or chiropractor’s stationery, stating the nature of the applicant’s disability and such additional information as required by rules adopted by the department under section 321L.8. If the person is applying for a temporary persons with disabilities parking permit, the physician’s, physician assistant’s, nurse practitioner’s, or chiropractor’s statement shall state the period of time during which the person is expected to be disabled and the period of time for which the permit should be issued, not to exceed six months. The department may waive the requirement that the applicant furnish the applicant’s social security number, Iowa driver’s license number, or nonoperator’s identification card number when the application for a temporary persons with disabilities parking permit is made on behalf of a person who is less than one year old. The department may accept a certification of disability from the United States department of veterans affairs in lieu of a statement from a physician, physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or chiropractor.  The department shall accept proof that the person holds a persons with disabilities parking permit, or a substantially similar permit, from another state, valid at the time the person submits the application to the department, in lieu of a statement from a physician, physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or chiropractor, if the person became a resident of the state within the sixty-day period prior to submitting the application. The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A detailing the requirements for an acceptable certification of disability or the requirements for proof that a person holds a persons with disabilities parking permit, or a substantially similar permit, from another state.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, a resident of the state with a disability desiring a persons with disabilities parking permit must apply to the department of transportation (DOT) and provide the applicant’s full legal name, address, date of birth, and social security number or Iowa driver’s license number or Iowa nonoperator’s identification card number, and must also provide a statement from a physician, physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or chiropractor. This bill requires the DOT to accept proof that the person holds a persons with disabilities parking permit, or a substantially similar permit, from another state, valid at the time the person submits the application to the DOT, in lieu of a statement from a physician, physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or chiropractor, if the person became a resident of the state within the 60-day period prior to submitting the application.