Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-11l: Yellow envelopes for persons with cognitive impairments or physical disabilities.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 14. MOTOR VEHICLES. USE OF THE HIGHWAY BY VEHICLES. GASOLINE
- CHAPTER 246. MOTOR VEHICLES
- PART II. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
(a) For the purposes of this section, (1) “police officer” and “law enforcement unit” have the same meanings as provided in section 7-294a; (2) “emergency medical services personnel”, “commercial ambulance service”, “rescue service”, “ambulance service” and “paramedic intercept service” have the same meanings as provided in section 19a-175; and (3) “firefighter” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-323j.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, an association of police chiefs in the state, an association of fire chiefs in the state, an association of emergency medical services personnel in the state and at least one organization that advocates for persons with cognitive impairments or physical disabilities, shall:
(1) Design yellow envelopes that (A) provide written information and guidance on the outside of the envelopes regarding ways to promote accommodations and enhance effective interactions and communication between a police officer, emergency medical services personnel or firefighter and a person with cognitive impairments or physical disabilities, and (B) are capable of holding a person's motor vehicle operator's license, registration, insurance identification card and other information or materials related to such person's cognitive impairment or physical disability;
(2) Develop public awareness materials, including, but not limited to, brochures about the yellow envelopes designed in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection and blue envelopes designed in accordance with section 14-11j, information cards designed to fit inside a wallet, lanyards, seat belt covers, buttons, ribbons, key chains, bracelets, stickers, window decals and magnets, that contain information about ways to promote accommodations and enhance effective interactions and communication with a person with cognitive impairments, physical disabilities or autism spectrum disorder; and
(3) Disseminate such yellow envelopes and public awareness materials (A) at the main office and branch offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles, law enforcement units, municipal and volunteer fire departments, commercial ambulance services, commercial rescue services, volunteer and municipal ambulance services, ambulance services and paramedic intercept services operated and maintained by a state agency, and (B) to emergency medical services personnel.
(c) Upon (1) receipt of such yellow envelopes and public awareness materials, and (2) request by a person with a cognitive impairment or physical disability or such person's parent, guardian, family member or driver, such department, unit, service or emergency medical services personnel shall provide a yellow envelope and any available public awareness materials at no charge to such person, parent, guardian, family member or driver.
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