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Committee backs bill allowing permanent medical window-tint prescriptions without biennial renewal
Summary
Senate File 1075 would let physicians designate window-tint prescriptions as permanent so patients with chronic light-sensitivity would not need to renew every two years; the measure passed the Transportation Committee and will go to the Senate floor.
The Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee on Feb. 10 approved Senate File 1075 and sent it to the Senate floor after testimony that the bill would let physicians mark window-tint prescriptions as permanent for patients with lasting light-sensitivity conditions.
Senator Howe told the committee current law requires drivers with medical exemptions for window tint to reissue a physician's slip every two years due to a statutory change in 2008; the bill would permit a physician to designate the condition as permanent so the patient would…
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