SB 160 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0981
03/04
SENATE BILL 160
SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. McGilvray, Dist 16; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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This bill authorizes religious nonmedical personnel, consistent with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines, to certify eligibility for walking disability plates and placards.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0981
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Walking Disability Plates and Placards. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 261:88, I(c) to read as follows:
(c) "Walking disability'' means a disability which limits or impairs a person's ability to walk, as determined by a licensed physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse, or religious nonmedical personnel, consistent with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines, to such an extent that such person:
2 Walking Disability Plates and Placards. Amend RSA 261:88, III to read as follows:
III. An applicant for such special plates shall furnish the director with satisfactory proof, as the director may require, that the applicant meets the requirements of paragraph II. Such proof must be submitted upon application and shall be resubmitted at the time of renewal registration in the year when the registrant's driver's license or nondriver's identification card expires or every 5 years in the case where no New Hampshire driver's license or nondriver's identification card exists except in the case of a veteran who has been evaluated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled from service-connected disability. Such proof shall only have to be made upon initial application. Satisfactory proof of a walking disability, at a minimum, shall consist of the certification of a licensed physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse, or religious nonmedical personnel, consistent with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines that the applicant has a walking disability, as defined in paragraph I. Upon request and for the fee set forth in RSA 261:75, I, the director shall exchange special plates for regular plates currently issued to an applicant who qualifies for special plates.
3 Walking Disability Plates and Placards. Amend RSA 261:88, V-VI to read as follows:
V. Upon application and payment of a $5 fee to cover the costs of printing and mailing, the department shall furnish a hanging windshield placard to a person with a walking disability who satisfactorily furnishes proof of such disability to the director. Any nonprofit agency serving a person with a walking disability may apply to the department for a hanging windshield placard. An applicant for such placard shall furnish the director with satisfactory proof, as the director may require, that the applicant will use the placard solely for the transportation of a person with a walking disability. The quantity of placards issued under this paragraph shall be at the discretion of the director. This placard shall meet the standards set forth in 23 C.F.R. part 1235, appendix A. The removable windshield placard shall be displayed in such a manner that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the vehicle by hanging it from the front windshield rearview mirror of a vehicle utilizing a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities. When there is no rearview mirror, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard. A request from any nonprofit agency for a placard shall be approved by the administrator of the nonprofit agency and any other application for such a placard shall be accompanied by the certification of a licensed physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse, or religious nonmedical personnel, consistent with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines that the applicant has a walking disability as defined in paragraph I. The placard shall expire on the date when the applicant's driver's license or nondriver's identification card expires or 5 years from the date of placard issuance in the case where no New Hampshire driver's license or nondriver's identification card exists and the expiration date shall be noted on the placard or on a sticker affixed to the placard. The placard shall be renewed, upon application on forms provided by the director, if the director determines that the disability which necessitated the issuance of the placard continues or if the person is a veteran who has been evaluated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled from a service-connected disability. Upon request of the applicant and payment of a $5 fee to cover the costs of printing and mailing, the director shall issue one additional placard to the applicant if the applicant does not have special license plates.
VI. Upon the application of a person with a temporary walking disability and payment of a $5 fee to cover the costs of printing and mailing, the director shall issue a temporary removable windshield placard. The placard shall comply with the standards set forth in 23 C.F.R. part 1235, appendix B. The temporary removable windshield placard shall be displayed in such a manner that it may be viewed from the front and the rear of the vehicle by hanging it from the front windshield rearview mirror of a vehicle utilizing a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities. When there is no rearview mirror, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard. Upon request and payment of a $5 fee to cover the costs of printing and mailing, the director shall issue one additional temporary removable windshield placard to applicants. Application for a temporary removable windshield placard shall be accompanied by the certification of a licensed physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse, or religious nonmedical personnel, consistent with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines that the applicant has a walking disability as defined in paragraph I. The certification shall also include the period of time that the physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or advanced practice registered nurse, or religious nonmedical personnel, consistent with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines determines the applicant will have the disability, which period of time shall not exceed 6 months. The expiration date of the temporary placard shall be noted on the placard.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 21, 2017 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 29, 2017 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 12, 2017 | House | Hearing |
| April 26, 2017 | House | Exec Session |
| Oct. 18, 2017 | House | Exec Session |
| Jan. 3, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
| Jan. 9, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| Feb. 15, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
Feb. 15, 2018: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/15/2018 HJ 4 P. 24
Feb. 15, 2018: Ought to Pass: MF DV 97-227 02/15/2018 HJ 4 P. 24
: Special Order to 2/15/2018 Without Objection HJ 3 P. 81
: Special Order to next session day Without Objection HJ 2 P. 47
: Special Order to 1/9/2018 Without Objection HJ 1 P. 104
: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
Jan. 3, 2018: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 01/03/2018 (Vote 11-3; RC)
Oct. 18, 2017: Executive Session: 10/18/2017 10:00 AM LOB 203
Sept. 27, 2017: Retained Bill Subcommittee Work Session: 09/27/2017 09:00 AM LOB 203
Sept. 14, 2017: Retained Bill Subcommittee Work Session: 09/14/2017 01:00 PM LOB 203
Aug. 24, 2017: Retained Bill Subcommittee Work Session: 08/24/2017 10:00 AM LOB 203
May 17, 2017: Retained Bill Subcommittee Work Session: 05/17/2017 10:00 AM LOB 203
: Retained in Committee
April 26, 2017: Executive Session: 04/26/2017 10:00 AM LOB 203
April 12, 2017: Public Hearing: 04/12/2017 10:30 AM LOB 203
March 23, 2017: Introduced 03/23/2017 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 27
March 29, 2017: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/29/2017; SJ 11
March 29, 2017: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/29/2017; SC 16
March 21, 2017: Hearing: 03/21/2017, Room 101, LOB, 01:15 pm; SC 15
Jan. 19, 2017: Introduced 01/19/2017 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5