House File 374 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 374 BY GASKILL A BILL FOR An Act relating to emergency contact and medical information 1 contained in a driver’s license or nonoperator’s 2 identification card record. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2410YH (2) 85 dea/nh
H.F. 374 Section 1. Section 22.7, Code 2013, is amended by adding the 1 following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 65. Personal information contained on 3 electronic driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification 4 card records that is provided by the licensee or cardholder to 5 the department of transportation for use by law enforcement, 6 first responders, emergency medical service providers, or other 7 medical personnel responding to or assisting with an emergency. 8 Sec. 2. EMERGENCY CONTACT AND MEDICAL INFORMATION RECORDS 9 —— ADMINISTRATIVE RULES. The department of transportation 10 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement a 11 process for the input, maintenance, and retrieval of emergency 12 contact and medical information in a record associated with a 13 person’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card. 14 The process shall allow a person to self-manage information 15 voluntarily provided by the person electronically for use in an 16 emergency, to be maintained as an electronic record accessible 17 only to law enforcement personnel from an interface on the 18 person’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card. 19 The information provided by a person shall not appear on the 20 face of the driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification 21 card. The rules shall specify the types of information that 22 may be stored pursuant to this section, which may include 23 emergency contact information, medical information of value 24 to an emergency medical care provider, out-of-hospital 25 do-not-resuscitate orders issued in accordance with chapter 26 144A, the existence of a living will, and similar information 27 that a person intends to be conveyed to emergency responders 28 and emergency medical care providers in an emergency situation. 29 EXPLANATION 30 This bill requires the department of transportation to 31 adopt administrative rules to implement a process for the 32 input, maintenance, and retrieval of emergency contact and 33 medical information in a record associated with a person’s 34 driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card. 35 -1- LSB 2410YH (2) 85 dea/nh 1/ 2
H.F. 374 Under the process, a person could voluntarily provide and 1 self-manage information stored in an electronic format which 2 could be accessed by law enforcement and shared with emergency 3 responders and emergency medical care providers in an emergency 4 situation. The department is directed to specify by rule 5 the types of information that might properly be included, 6 such as personal contact information, medical information of 7 value to an emergency medical care provider, out-of-hospital 8 do-not-resuscitate orders, and the existence of a living will. 9 The bill amends Code section 22.7 to provide that personal 10 information contained on electronic driver’s license or 11 nonoperator’s identification card records that is provided by 12 the licensee or cardholder for use by certain law enforcement 13 and medical personnel responding to or assisting with an 14 emergency constitutes a confidential record. 15 -2- LSB 2410YH (2) 85 dea/nh 2/ 2