Texas Transportation Code
§ 521.060 — EMERGENCY CONTACT AND MEDICAL INFORMATION DATABASES
TN § 521.060Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS · Ch. 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES · Art. C. DEPARTMENT LICENSE RECORDS
Statute text
View on source(a)The department shall maintain in its files a record of the name, address, and telephone number of each individual identified by the holder of a driver's license or personal identification certificate as an individual the holder authorizes to be contacted in the event that the holder is injured or dies in or as a result of a vehicular collision or another emergency situation. In addition, the department shall maintain in its files a record of any medical information described by Section 521.125(a) that is provided to the department under Subsection (c) or any health condition information that is voluntarily provided to the department under Sections 521.1251, 521.1252, and 521.142(h).
(b)A record maintained by the department under Subsection (a) is confidential and, on request, may be disclosed:
(1)only to a peace officer in this or another state;
(2)only if the peace officer is otherwise authorized to obtain information in the driver's license or personal identification certificate files of the department; and
(3)only for the purpose, as applicable, of making contact with a named individual to report the injury to or death of the holder of the driver's license or personal identification certificate, learning the nature of any medical information reported by the person who holds the driver's license or identification certificate, or learning whether the person who holds the driver's license or identification certificate has a health condition that may impede communications with the peace officer.
(c)An application for an original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license or personal identification certificate must:
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1764), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 147 (S.B. 656), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 524 (H.B. 3132), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.002(17), eff. September 1, 2025.