2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4228

By Delegate C. Pritt

[Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17B-2-1d, relating to allowing an individual with a medical condition or conditions to have those conditions placed upon a driver's license or permit so that an officer may be aware of the condition or conditions a driver may have.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.

§17B-2-1d. Cognitive disabilities displayed on licenses.

(a) A person providing a medical certification may request that the department notate a health condition on the back of his or her driver’s license or permit with a caduceus symbol and include health conditions such as neurological disorder, brain injury, a neuroimmune condition, mental illness, a disorder that causes seizures, and others.

(b) A person with autism providing medical certification may request the department add "AUT" and one other medical condition designated by a caduceus.

(c) The motor vehicle record of a driver may contain not more than four certified medical conditions, one of which may be autism.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow persons with medical conditions, including autism, to have this displayed upon his or her driver’s license or permit for the purpose of allowing the officer to identify that individual as having that condition or conditions.