,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #af1 
#bjac,mr4 ,manchin introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish a national   
,yellow ,dot ,program to alert law      
enforcement and emergency services      
personnel to the medical conditions1    
prescriptions1 and other vital          
information necessary to treat drivers  
and passengers in motor vehicles in     
emergency circumstances4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,national ,yellow ,dot ,program ,act4   
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,administrator ,the term ,administrator 
means the ,administrator of the         
,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety     
,administration of the ,department of   
,transportation4  7#b7 ,coordinator ,the
 term ,coordinator means the national   
coordinator of the ,yellow ,dot         

,program1 who has been designated by the
 ,administrator pursuant to section     
#c7;a77#b77;,a74  7#c7 ,program         
participant ,the term program           
participant means a person who has      
agreed to participate in the ,yellow    
,dot ,program4  7#d7 ,yellow dot program
 ,the term ,yellow ,dot ,program means  
the ,yellow ,dot ,program established   
under section #c7;a74  #c4 ,yellow ,dot 
,program  7a7 ,establishment  7#a7 ,in  
general ,the ,administrator shall       
establish a national ,yellow ,dot       
,program to assist law enforcement and  
emergency services personnel to         
efficiently gather relevant medical     
information in the event of a motor     
vehicle accident or other medical       
emergency involving motor vehicles4     
7#b7 ,coordinator  7,a7 ,designation    
,the ,administrator shall designate an  
employee of the ,department of          
,transportation to serve as the national
 coordinator of the ,yellow ,dot        
,program4  7,b7 ,responsibilities ,the  

,coordinator shall-- 7i7 provide        
information1 training1 and materials for
 the ,yellow ,dot ,program to assist the
 ,state officials designated pursuant to
 paragraph 7#c77;,b7 in the             
implementation of the ,yellow ,dot      
,program2  7ii7 compile national        
statistics on ,yellow ,dot ,program     
participation rates1 broken down by     
,state and age2 and  7iii7 collaborate  
with ,states that have programs similar 
to the ,yellow ,dot ,program to improve 
national consistency in training        
materials1 participant forms and        
information1 and subsequent data        
collection methods4  7#c7 ,state        
participation ,each ,state that elects  
to participate in the ,yellow ,dot      
,program shall-- 7,a7 notify the        
,coordinator of such election2  7,b7    
designate a ,state official to oversee  
the ,yellow ,dot ,program throughout the
 ,state2 and  7,c7 comply with the      
requirements set forth in subsection    
7b74  7b7 ,state responsibilities ,each 

participating ,state shall-- 7#a7 work  
with local law enforcement and emergency
 services agencies to publicize the     
,yellow ,dot ,program throughout the    
,state2  7#b7 distribute to program     
participants-- 7,a7 for each motor      
vehicle in which the program participant
 anticipates regularly driving or       
riding1 a yellow sticker and a yellow   
folder2 and  7,b7 for each driver or    
passenger1 a blank form with space to   
enter medical conditions of1            
prescriptions taken by1 and other vital 
information of the program participant2 
7#c7 instruct local law enforcement and 
emergency services personnel about the  
purposes and requirements of the ,yellow
 ,dot ,program2 and  7#d7 submit an     
annual report to the ,coordinator that  
identifies the number of program        
participants in the ,state1 broken down 
by age4  7c7 ,program participant       
responsibilities ,each program          
participant shall-- 7#a7 place the      
sticker distributed pursuant to         

subsection 7b77#b77;,a7 in the bottom   
left corner of the rear window of each  
vehicle in which the program participant
 anticipates regularly driving or       
riding2  7#b7 place the completed form  
distributed pursuant to subsection      
7b77#b77;,b7 in the folder distributed  
pursuant to subsection 7b77#b77;,a72 and
  7#c7 place the folder with the        
relevant completed forms in the glove   
compartment of each vehicle in which the
 program participant anticipates        
regularly driving or riding4