By Hilderbran, et al.                                 H.B. No. 2255
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the provision of transportation services to certain
    1-3  AFDC recipients by mass transit authorities.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Chapter 141, Acts of the 63rd Legislature,
    1-6  Regular Session, 1973 (Article 1118x, Vernon's Texas Civil
    1-7  Statutes), is amended by adding Section 15C to read as follows:
    1-8        Sec. 15C.  TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR CERTAIN JOBS PROGRAM
    1-9  PARTICIPANTS.  (a)  An authority shall, in accordance with federal
   1-10  law, provide transportation services to a person who:
   1-11              (1)  is receiving financial assistance under Chapter
   1-12  31, Human Resources Code;
   1-13              (2)  is registered in the jobs opportunities and basic
   1-14  skills (JOBS) training program under Part F, Subchapter IV, Social
   1-15  Security Act (42 U.S.C.  Section 682); and
   1-16              (3)  resides in an area served by the authority.
   1-17        (b)  An authority shall enter into a contract with the Texas
   1-18  Department of Human Services to provide the transportation services
   1-19  required under this section.  The terms of the contract must ensure
   1-20  that:
   1-21              (1)  the authority is required to provide
   1-22  transportation services only to a location that relates to the
   1-23  person's participation in the JOBS program and that is in the area
    2-1  served by the authority's authorized rate structure and existing
    2-2  services;
    2-3              (2)  the authority is required to provide directly to
    2-4  the Texas Department of Human Services trip vouchers for
    2-5  distribution by the department to a person who is eligible to
    2-6  receive transportation services under this section;
    2-7              (3)  the Texas Department of Human Services reimburses
    2-8  the authority at the applicable federal match rate for allowable
    2-9  costs; and
   2-10              (4)  the Texas Department of Human Services may return
   2-11  to the authority for reimbursement any undistributed trip vouchers.
   2-12        (c)  An authority shall certify the amount of public funds
   2-13  expended by the authority under this section for the purpose of
   2-14  obtaining federal funds under the JOBS program.
   2-15        SECTION 2.  Chapter 683, Acts of the 66th Legislature, 1979
   2-16  (Article 1118y, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
   2-17  adding Section 21A to read as follows:
   2-18        Sec. 21A.  TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR CERTAIN JOBS PROGRAM
   2-19  PARTICIPANTS.  (a)  An authority shall, in accordance with federal
   2-20  law, provide transportation services to a person who:
   2-21              (1)  is receiving financial assistance under Chapter
   2-22  31, Human Resources Code;
   2-23              (2)  is registered in the jobs opportunities and basic
   2-24  skills (JOBS) training program under Part F, Subchapter IV, Social
   2-25  Security Act (42 U.S.C.  Section 682); and
    3-1              (3)  resides in an area served by the authority.
    3-2        (b)  An authority shall enter into a contract with the Texas
    3-3  Department of Human Services to provide the transportation services
    3-4  required under this section.  The terms of the contract must ensure
    3-5  that:
    3-6              (1)  the authority is required to provide
    3-7  transportation services only to a location that relates to the
    3-8  person's participation in the JOBS program and that is in the area
    3-9  served by the authority's authorized rate structure and existing
   3-10  services;
   3-11              (2)  the authority is required to provide directly to
   3-12  the Texas Department of Human Services trip vouchers for
   3-13  distribution by the department to a person who is eligible to
   3-14  receive transportation services under this section;
   3-15              (3)  the Texas Department of Human Services reimburses
   3-16  the authority at the applicable federal match rate for allowable
   3-17  costs; and
   3-18              (4)  the Texas Department of Human Services may return
   3-19  to the authority for reimbursement any undistributed trip vouchers.
   3-20        (c)  An authority shall certify the amount of public funds
   3-21  expended by the authority under this section for the purpose of
   3-22  obtaining federal funds under the JOBS program.
   3-23        SECTION 3.  Article 1118z, Revised Statutes, is amended by
   3-24  adding Section 6A to read as follows:
   3-25        Sec. 6A.  TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR CERTAIN JOBS PROGRAM
    4-1  PARTICIPANTS.  (a)  A department shall, in accordance with federal
    4-2  law, provide transportation services to a person who:
    4-3              (1)  is receiving financial assistance under Chapter
    4-4  31, Human Resources Code;
    4-5              (2)  is registered in the jobs opportunities and basic
    4-6  skills (JOBS) training program under Part F, Subchapter IV, Social
    4-7  Security Act (42 U.S.C.  Section 682); and
    4-8              (3)  resides in an area served by the department.
    4-9        (b)  A department shall enter into a contract with the Texas
   4-10  Department of Human Services to provide the transportation services
   4-11  required under this section.  The terms of the contract must ensure
   4-12  that:
   4-13              (1)  the department is required to provide
   4-14  transportation services only to a location that relates to the
   4-15  person's participation in the JOBS program and that is in the area
   4-16  served by the department's authorized rate structure and existing
   4-17  services;
   4-18              (2)  the department is required to provide directly to
   4-19  the Texas Department of Human Services trip vouchers for
   4-20  distribution by the Texas Department of Human Services to a person
   4-21  who is eligible to receive transportation services under this
   4-22  section;
   4-23              (3)  the Texas Department of Human Services reimburses
   4-24  the department at the applicable federal match rate for allowable
   4-25  costs; and
    5-1              (4)  the Texas Department of Human Services may return
    5-2  to the department for reimbursement any undistributed trip
    5-3  vouchers.
    5-4        (c)  A department shall certify the amount of public funds
    5-5  expended by the department under this section for the purpose of
    5-6  obtaining federal funds under the JOBS program.
    5-7        SECTION 4.  If, before implementing the requirements of
    5-8  Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act, the Texas Department of Human
    5-9  Services determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal
   5-10  agency is necessary for implementation, the Texas Department of
   5-11  Human Services shall request the waiver or authorization, and the
   5-12  department and each mass transit authority or department may delay
   5-13  implementing those provisions until the waiver or authorization is
   5-14  granted.
   5-15        SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
   5-16        SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the
   5-17  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   5-18  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   5-19  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   5-20  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.