*HB1297.1*
February 10, 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 1297
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DIGEST OF HB 1297 (Updated February 10, 2025 11:58 am - DI 137)
Citations Affected: IC 9-26; IC 34-30.
Synopsis: Motor vehicle medical information program. Establishes the
yellow dot motor vehicle medical information program.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Errington
January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
February 10, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass.
HB 1297—LS 6564/DI 137 February 10, 2025
First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1297
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 9-26-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
2 A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2025]:
4 Chapter 11. Yellow Dot Motor Vehicle Medical Information
5 Program
6 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "emergency medical responder"
7 means:
8 (1) an emergency medical technician;
9 (2) an emergency medical technician-paramedic;
10 (3) a paramedic; and
11 (4) any other emergency services provider, physician, or
12 nurse;
13 on the scene of a motor vehicle accident or emergency situation
14 involving a program participant or accompanying or attending to
15 a program participant patient in an ambulance.
16 Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "other responder" means a
17 firefighter or law enforcement officer on the scene of a motor
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1 vehicle accident or emergency situation involving a program
2 participant.
3 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "program" means the yellow dot
4 motor vehicle medical information program established by section
5 5(a) of this chapter.
6 Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "program participant" means an
7 individual who acts in accordance with section 8 of this chapter.
8 The term includes:
9 (1) the operator of a motor vehicle; and
10 (2) a passenger of a motor vehicle.
11 Sec. 5. (a) The yellow dot motor vehicle medical information
12 program is established for the purpose of providing emergency
13 medical responders with critical medical information in the event
14 of a motor vehicle accident or emergency situation involving a
15 program participant.
16 (b) The division of aging shall administer the program.
17 Sec. 6. (a) The division of aging shall create a standard medical
18 information form that allows a program participant to supply the
19 following information:
20 (1) The program participant's name.
21 (2) A photograph of the program participant.
22 (3) The contact information for not more than two (2)
23 emergency contacts for the program participant.
24 (4) The program participant's medical information, including
25 medical conditions, recent surgeries, allergies, and current
26 medications.
27 (5) The program participant's hospital preference.
28 (6) The contact information for not more than two (2)
29 physicians of the program participant.
30 (7) The date the program participant completed the form.
31 (b) The standard medical information form must include the
32 following statements:
33 (1) A statement that the program acts as a facilitator only,
34 and that all information supplied on the medical information
35 form is the sole responsibility of the program participant.
36 (2) A statement that the program participant supplies the
37 medical information voluntarily, and that the program
38 participant authorizes the disclosure and use of the medical
39 information for the purposes described in section 9(b) of this
40 chapter.
41 Sec. 7. (a) The division of aging may provide for, assist in, or
42 authorize the printing of the medical information form and
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1 assembling of a yellow dot folder containing:
2 (1) the medical information form; and
3 (2) a yellow dot decal with adhesive backing.
4 (b) The division of aging shall distribute yellow dot folders to
5 area agencies on aging and license branches. The division of aging
6 shall provide information on its website regarding how to obtain a
7 yellow dot folder from an area agency on aging or license branch.
8 (c) The division of aging may not charge a fee to participate in
9 the program.
10 Sec. 8. A program participant shall do the following:
11 (1) Affix the yellow dot decal on the left lower corner of the
12 rear window of a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or on
13 a secure visible location on the rear of a motorcycle.
14 (2) Complete the medical information form, place it in the
15 yellow dot folder, and place the yellow dot folder in the glove
16 compartment of the motor vehicle or in the compartment
17 attached to the motorcycle, as appropriate.
18 Sec. 9. (a) If a yellow dot decal is affixed to a motor vehicle that
19 is involved in a motor vehicle accident or emergency situation, an
20 emergency medical responder or other responder on the scene is
21 authorized to search the vehicle compartment indicated under
22 section 8(2) of this chapter for a yellow dot folder.
23 (b) An emergency medical responder or other responder may
24 use the information contained in the yellow dot folder to:
25 (1) identify the program participant;
26 (2) ascertain whether the program participant has a medical
27 condition that may impede communications with the
28 emergency medical responder or other responder;
29 (3) communicate with the program participant's emergency
30 contact about the location and general condition of the
31 program participant; and
32 (4) consider the program participant's current medications
33 and preexisting medical conditions when emergency medical
34 treatment is administered for any injury the program
35 participant suffers.
36 Sec. 10. (a) An emergency medical responder, other responder,
37 emergency medical responder's employer, and other responder's
38 employer are immune from civil liability if the emergency medical
39 responder or other responder:
40 (1) is unable to make contact with the program participant's
41 emergency contact after a good faith attempt; or
42 (2) disseminates or fails to disseminate any information from
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1 the yellow dot folder to other emergency medical responders,
2 other responders, hospitals, or any health care providers that
3 render emergency medical treatment to the program
4 participant.
5 (b) A health care provider and a health care provider's
6 employer are immune from civil and criminal liability if the health
7 care provider relies in good faith on the information provided in a
8 program participant's yellow dot folder.
9 SECTION 2. IC 34-30-2.1-104.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
10 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
11 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 104.5. IC 9-26-11-10 (Concerning
12 information provided by a participant in the yellow dot motor
13 vehicle medical information program).
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Roads and Transportation, to
which was referred House Bill 1297, has had the same under
consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
Page 2, line 16, delete "bureau" and insert "division of aging".
Page 2, line 17, delete "bureau" and insert "division of aging".
Page 2, line 41, delete "bureau" and insert "division of aging".
Page 3, delete lines 4 through 6, begin a new paragraph and insert:
"(b) The division of aging shall distribute yellow dot folders to
area agencies on aging and license branches. The division of aging
shall provide information on its website regarding how to obtain a
yellow dot folder from an area agency on aging or license branch.".
Page 3, line 7, delete "bureau" and insert "division of aging".
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1297 as introduced.)
PRESSEL
Committee Vote: yeas 12, nays 0.
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