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ASSOCIATION OPPOSES AGE-BASED REGULATIONS |
March 8, 2010 - Members are urged to contact their State Representative or Senator and urge that they oppose any attempt to impose driving license regulations that are age-biased. Senate Bill 2290 (See March 3 article), which was passed in the Senate in the last week, discriminates against over-age-75 drivers. The bill sets age-biased requirements plus an additional fee when renewing a license. The House version of the driving bill does not require new standards for over-age-75 drivers. Your message to legislators is simple: No discrimination against elderly drivers when renewing a driving license. Any changes in the law must include all drivers regardless of age.
The two competing versions of the bill are now before a House/Senate Conference Committee, where a compromise version is being negotiated.
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SENATE PASSES ELDERLY DRIVER RESTRICTIONS |
Bill Now in House/Senate Conference
MARCH 3, 2010: On Tuesday, the Mass State Senate passed its version of the so-called "Safe Driver" bill (S2290). The bill, which drew a spirited debate amongst Senators from both parties, contains language that would require drivers age 75 and older to undergo a cognitive and physical abilities test in order to renew their license.
A floor amendment (contained below) to S2290 places the administration of such a test in the hands of primary care physicians, rather than the Registry of Motor Vehicles, as had earlier been the plan. However, the RMV would help set the standards and specifics of the test.
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CVS Caremark replaces longtime pharmacy manager Express
Scripts, which has held the GIC contract to provide drug benefits under the
Indemnity, OME and other UniCare plans for the past eight years. GIC officials
believe that CVS Caremark is better suited to provide pharmacy benefits
management and enhanced services.
For forty years the Retired State, County and Municipal Employees Association of Massachusetts has provided retired public employees their own voice on Beacon Hill.
