1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; prohibiting the commissioner of public safety from 
1.3 	requiring an applicant to disclose a diagnosis of insulin-treated diabetes unless the 
1.4 	applicant had a driving-related episode; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 
1.5 	171.13, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.13, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 3a.Insulin-treated diabetes mellitus. (a) The commissioner must not require an 
1.10 	applicant to disclose that the applicant has been diagnosed with insulin-treated diabetes 
1.11 	mellitus unless the applicant has had a driving-related episode within the last four years. 
1.12 	For purposes of this subdivision, a "driving-related episode" is an episode that occurs while 
1.13 	a person is driving, operating, or in physical control of a motor vehicle and the person loses 
1.14 	the ability to assume and retain an upright posture without support or is unable to overcome 
1.15 	diabetic symptoms without the assistance of another.
1.16 	(b) The commissioner must not require an examination of an applicant pursuant to 
1.17 	subdivision 3 based solely on the fact that the person has been diagnosed with insulin-treated 
1.18 	diabetes mellitus.