HB 838 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for person with disability plate and placard.

PRINTER'S NO.    868

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 838
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, GIRAL, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, MADDEN,
        McNEILL, HANBIDGE, BOROWSKI, WARREN, HOHENSTEIN, GALLAGHER,
        CERRATO, MALAGARI, KHAN, STEELE AND RIVERA, MARCH 10, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 10, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
 3      person with disability plate and placard.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Section 1338(c)(1) of Title 75 of the
 7   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is
 8   amended by adding a subsection to read:
 9   § 1338.    Person with disability plate and placard.
10      * * *
11      (c)    Health care provider's statement.--
12             (1)   Any person applying for a special plate or parking
13      placard for persons with disabilities must present a
14      statement, certified by a physician, podiatrist,
15      chiropractor, optometrist, physician assistant, physical
16      therapist, occupational therapist or certified registered
17      nurse practitioner licensed or certified to practice in this
18      Commonwealth or in a contiguous state, that the person with a
 1      disability is disabled as provided in subsection (a).
 2          * * *
 3      (c.3)    Temporary placard program for health care
 4   facilities.--
 5          (1)    Upon review and approval of an application for
 6      enrollment by a qualified health care facility, the
 7      department shall permit the health care facility to issue
 8      temporary disability parking placards directly to
 9      individuals. The department shall supply the health care
10      facility with training and materials related to issuing,
11      storing, ordering and returning placards. The following shall
12      apply:
13                (i)    The department shall determine the types of
14          health care facilities that may qualify for enrollment. A
15          qualified health care facility shall include a hospital,
16          medical specialist center and physical therapy center.
17                (ii)    Upon denial of an application for enrollment, a
18          health care facility may appeal the departmental
19          determination by requesting, within 10 days of the date
20          of the determination, a formal hearing as prescribed by
21          departmental regulations.
22          (2)    A temporary disability parking placard may be issued
23      upon application by an individual to the health care
24      facility. The department shall prescribe the form of the
25      application. The application must include a statement signed
26      by the individual asserting that the individual meets the
27      qualifications of subsection (a).
28          (3)    A health care provider shall electronically submit a
29      copy of the completed application with a health care
30      provider's statement that the individual is disabled in

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 1    accordance with subsection (c) to the department to enable
 2    the department to update its records to reflect the issuance
 3    of the temporary disability parking placard.
 4        (4)   A temporary disability parking placard issued by a
 5    health care provider is valid for a period of not more than
 6    six months.
 7        (5)   The department shall promulgate rules and
 8    regulations to implement this subsection.
 9    * * *
10    Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 30 days.




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