Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF639 Compare Versions

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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2	2		1.2 relating to motor vehicles; requiring rulemaking to amend loss of consciousness
3		-	1.3 or voluntary control provisions~~; appropriating money~~.
	3	+	1.3 or voluntary control provisions.
4	4		1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5		1.5 Section 1. RULEMAKING; LOSS OF VOLUNTARY CONTROL PROVISIONS
6	6		1.6MODIFICATION.
7		-	1.7 (a) By July 1, 2026, the commissioner of public safety must amend Minnesota Rules,
8		-	1.8part 7410.2500, subpart 5, by adding an item F, to no longer require an annual physician's
9		-	1.9statement from a driver if:
10		-	1.10 (1) a single nonepileptic seizure was responsible for the driver's loss of consciousness
11		-	1.11or voluntary control;
12		-	1.12 (2) the driver has been free from episodes of loss of consciousness or voluntary control
13		-	1.13for five years from the date of the incident under clause (1);
14		-	1.14 (3) the driver has not been prescribed or taking any antiseizure medication for five years
15		-	1.15from the date of the incident under clause (1); and
16		-	1.16 (4) a physician has indicated that no further review of the driver's condition is necessary
17		-	1.17due to the driver being in good health and the risk of reoccurrence for the condition
18		-	1.18responsible for causing a loss of consciousness or voluntary control is minimal.
19		-	1.19 (b) By July 1, 2026, the commissioner of public safety must amend Minnesota Rules,
20		-	1.20part 7410.2500, subpart 5, by adding an item G, to no longer require an annual physician's
21		-	1.21statement from a driver if:
	7	+	1.7 (a) By January 1, 2026, the commissioner of public safety must amend Minnesota Rules,
	8	+	1.8part 7410.2500, subpart 5, item E, to provide that a physician may:
	9	+	1.9 (1) identify whether the person has either:
	10	+	1.10 (i) a medical history of epilepsy or a seizure disorder; or
	11	+	1.11 (ii) a single nonepileptic seizure responsible for the loss of consciousness or voluntary
	12	+	1.12control;
	13	+	1.13 (2) affirm the person is in good health and the risk of reoccurrence for the condition
	14	+	1.14responsible for causing a loss of consciousness or voluntary control is minimal by either:
	15	+	1.15 (i) for persons under clause (1), item (i), affirming that the person for the last ten years
	16	+	1.16or more was:
	17	+	1.17 (A) not prescribed or taking antiseizure medication; and
	18	+	1.18 (B) seizure or episode free; or
	19	+	1.19 (ii) for persons under clause (1), item (ii), affirming that the person for the last five years
	20	+	1.20or more was:
22	21		1Section 1.
23		-	REVISOR KRB ~~H0639-1~~~~HF639 FIRST ENGROSSMENT~~
	22	+	REVISOR KRB/MI 25-0098012/12/24
24	23		State of Minnesota
25	24		This Document can be made available
26	25		in alternative formats upon request
27	26		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
28	27		H. F. No. 639
29	28		NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	29		Authored by Murphy02/13/2025
31		-	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy
32		-	Adoption of Report: Amended and re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means03/27/2025 2.1 (1) the driver has been free from episodes of loss of consciousness or voluntary control
33		-	2.2for ten years;
34		-	2.3 (2) the driver has not been prescribed or taking any antiseizure medication for ten years;
35		-	2.4and
36		-	2.5 (3) a physician has indicated that no further review of the driver's condition is necessary
37		-	2.6due to the driver being in good health and the risk of reoccurrence for the condition
38		-	2.7responsible for causing a loss of consciousness or voluntary control is minimal.
39		-	2.8 (c) A review by a physician under Minnesota Rules, part 7410.2500, subpart 5, item F
40		-	2.9or G, does not apply to a driver who is required to hold a valid medical examiner's certificate
41		-	2.10under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 391.43, and does not constitute a
42		-	2.11determination of that driver's physical qualifications as required under Code of Federal
43		-	2.12Regulations, title 49, section 391.41.
44		-	2.13 (d) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes,
45		-	2.14section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section. Minnesota
46		-	2.15Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section
47		-	2.1614.388.
48		-	2.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
49		-	2.18 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
50		-	2.19 $11,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the driver and vehicle services operating
51		-	2.20account under Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.705, to the commissioner of public safety
52		-	2.21for the costs of rulemaking under section 1.
53		-	2Sec. 2.
54		-	REVISOR KRB H0639-1HF639 FIRST ENGROSSMENT
	30	+	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy 2.1 (A) not prescribed or taking antiseizure medication; and
	31	+	2.2 (B) seizure or episode free; and
	32	+	2.3 (3) indicate that no further review of the person's condition by a physician is necessary.
	33	+	2.4 (b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes,
	34	+	2.5section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section. Minnesota
	35	+	2.6Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section
	36	+	2.714.388.
	37	+	2Section 1.
	38	+	REVISOR KRB/MI 25-0098012/12/24