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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Yellow Dot 

5 Program Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

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1 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ means the Administrator of the National 

3 Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the De4 partment of Transportation. 

5 (2) COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Coordinator’’ 

6 means the national coordinator of the Yellow Dot 

7 Program, who has been designated by the Adminis8 trator pursuant to section 3(a)(2)(A). 

9 (3) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘‘pro10 gram participant’’ means a person who has agreed 

11 to participate in the Yellow Dot Program. 

12 (4) YELLOW DOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Yellow 

13 Dot Program’’ means the Yellow Dot Program es14 tablished under section 3(a). 

15 SEC. 3. YELLOW DOT PROGRAM. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es18 tablish a national Yellow Dot Program to assist law 

19 enforcement and emergency services personnel to ef20 ficiently gather relevant medical information in the 

21 event of a motor vehicle accident or other medical 

22 emergency involving motor vehicles. 

23 (2) COORDINATOR.— 

24 (A) DESIGNATION.—The Administrator 

25 shall designate an employee of the Department 

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1 of Transportation to serve as the national coor2 dinator of the Yellow Dot Program. 

3 (B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Coordinator 

4 shall— 

5 (i) provide information, training, and 

6 materials for the Yellow Dot Program to 

7 assist the State officials designated pursu8 ant to paragraph (3)(B) in the implemen9 tation of the Yellow Dot Program; 

10 (ii) compile national statistics on Yel11 low Dot Program participation rates, bro12 ken down by State and age; and 

13 (iii) collaborate with States that have 

14 programs similar to the Yellow Dot Pro15 gram to improve national consistency in 

16 training materials, participant forms and 

17 information, and subsequent data collec18 tion methods. 

19 (3) STATE PARTICIPATION.—Each State that 

20 elects to participate in the Yellow Dot Program 

21 shall— 

22 (A) notify the Coordinator of such election; 

23 (B) designate a State official to oversee 

24 the Yellow Dot Program throughout the State; 

25 and 

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1 (C) comply with the requirements set forth 

2 in subsection (b). 

3 (b) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each participating 

4 State shall— 

5 (1) work with local law enforcement and emer6 gency services agencies to publicize the Yellow Dot 

7 Program throughout the State; 

8 (2) distribute to program participants— 

9 (A) for each motor vehicle in which the 

10 program participant anticipates regularly driv11 ing or riding, a yellow sticker and a yellow fold12 er; and 

13 (B) for each driver or passenger, a blank 

14 form with space to enter medical conditions of, 

15 prescriptions taken by, and other vital informa16 tion of the program participant; 

17 (3) instruct local law enforcement and emer18 gency services personnel about the purposes and re19 quirements of the Yellow Dot Program; and 

20 (4) submit an annual report to the Coordinator 

21 that identifies the number of program participants 

22 in the State, broken down by age. 

23 (c) PROGRAM PARTICIPANT RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

24 Each program participant shall— 

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1 (1) place the sticker distributed pursuant to 

2 subsection (b)(2)(A) in the bottom left corner of the 

3 rear window of each vehicle in which the program 

4 participant anticipates regularly driving or riding; 

5 (2) place the completed form distributed pursu6 ant to subsection (b)(2)(B) in the folder distributed 

7 pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A); and 

8 (3) place the folder with the relevant completed 

9 forms in the glove compartment of each vehicle in 

10 which the program participant anticipates regularly 

11 driving or riding. 

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