By Hilderbran H.B. No. 2208
74R7647 CLG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the provision of transportation services to recipients
1-3 of assistance or services under certain programs of health and
1-4 human services agencies.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 141, Acts of the 63rd Legislature,
1-7 Regular Session, 1973 (Article 1118x, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-8 Statutes), is amended by adding Section 15D to read as follows:
1-9 Sec. 15D. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR PERSONS RECEIVING
1-10 ASSISTANCE OR SERVICES FROM CERTAIN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
1-11 AGENCIES. (a) In addition to the transportation services provided
1-12 by an authority under Section 15C of this article, an authority
1-13 shall, in accordance with federal law, provide transportation
1-14 services to a person who:
1-15 (1) receives assistance or services under a federal
1-16 program that is administered by a health and human services agency
1-17 and that requires the state to provide transportation services to
1-18 that person; and
1-19 (2) resides in an area served by the authority.
1-20 (b) An authority shall enter into a contract with a health
1-21 and human services agency that administers a federal program
1-22 described by Subsection (a)(1) of this section to provide the
1-23 transportation services required by this section. The terms of the
1-24 contract must ensure that:
2-1 (1) the authority is required to provide
2-2 transportation services only to a location that relates to the
2-3 person's participation in the program and that is in the area
2-4 served by the authority's authorized rate structure and existing
2-5 services;
2-6 (2) the authority is required to provide directly to
2-7 the agency trip vouchers for distribution by the agency to a person
2-8 who is eligible to receive transportation services under this
2-9 section;
2-10 (3) the agency reimburses the authority at the
2-11 applicable federal match rate for allowable costs; and
2-12 (4) the agency may return to the authority for
2-13 reimbursement any undistributed trip vouchers.
2-14 (c) An authority shall certify to the health and human
2-15 services agency the amount of public funds expended by the
2-16 authority under this section for the purpose of obtaining federal
2-17 funds under a program described by Subsection (a)(1) of this
2-18 section.
2-19 (d) In this section, "health and human services agency"
2-20 means an agency listed in Section 19, Article 4413(502), Revised
2-21 Statutes.
2-22 SECTION 2. Chapter 683, Acts of the 66th Legislature, 1979
2-23 (Article 1118y, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
2-24 adding Section 21B to read as follows:
2-25 Sec. 21B. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR PERSONS RECEIVING
2-26 ASSISTANCE OR SERVICES FROM CERTAIN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
2-27 AGENCIES. (a) In addition to the transportation services provided
3-1 by an authority under Section 21A of this article, an authority
3-2 shall, in accordance with federal law, provide transportation
3-3 services to a person who:
3-4 (1) receives assistance or services under a federal
3-5 program that is administered by a health and human services agency
3-6 and that requires the state to provide transportation services to
3-7 that person; and
3-8 (2) resides in an area served by the authority.
3-9 (b) An authority shall enter into a contract with a health
3-10 and human services agency that administers a federal program
3-11 described by Subsection (a)(1) of this section to provide the
3-12 transportation services required by this section. The terms of the
3-13 contract must ensure that:
3-14 (1) the authority is required to provide
3-15 transportation services only to a location that relates to the
3-16 person's participation in the program and that is in the area
3-17 served by the authority's authorized rate structure and existing
3-18 services;
3-19 (2) the authority is required to provide directly to
3-20 the agency trip vouchers for distribution by the agency to a person
3-21 who is eligible to receive transportation services under this
3-22 section;
3-23 (3) the agency reimburses the authority at the
3-24 applicable federal match rate for allowable costs; and
3-25 (4) the agency may return to the authority for
3-26 reimbursement any undistributed trip vouchers.
3-27 (c) An authority shall certify to the health and human
4-1 services agency the amount of public funds expended by the
4-2 authority under this section for the purpose of obtaining federal
4-3 funds under a program described by Subsection (a)(1) of this
4-4 section.
4-5 (d) In this section, "health and human services agency"
4-6 means an agency listed in Section 19, Article 4413(502), Revised
4-7 Statutes.
4-8 SECTION 3. Article 1118z, Revised Statutes, is amended by
4-9 adding Section 6B to read as follows:
4-10 Sec. 6B. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR PERSONS RECEIVING
4-11 ASSISTANCE OR SERVICES FROM CERTAIN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
4-12 AGENCIES. (a) In addition to the transportation services provided
4-13 by an authority under Section 6A of this article, an authority
4-14 shall, in accordance with federal law, provide transportation
4-15 services to a person who:
4-16 (1) receives assistance or services under a federal
4-17 program that is administered by a health and human services agency
4-18 and that requires the state to provide transportation services to
4-19 that person; and
4-20 (2) resides in an area served by the authority.
4-21 (b) An authority shall enter into a contract with a health
4-22 and human services agency that administers a federal program
4-23 described by Subsection (a)(1) of this section to provide the
4-24 transportation services required by this section. The terms of the
4-25 contract must ensure that:
4-26 (1) the authority is required to provide
4-27 transportation services only to a location that relates to the
5-1 person's participation in the program and that is in the area
5-2 served by the authority's authorized rate structure and existing
5-3 services;
5-4 (2) the authority is required to provide directly to
5-5 the agency trip vouchers for distribution by the agency to a person
5-6 who is eligible to receive transportation services under this
5-7 section;
5-8 (3) the agency reimburses the authority at the
5-9 applicable federal match rate for allowable costs; and
5-10 (4) the agency may return to the authority for
5-11 reimbursement any undistributed trip vouchers.
5-12 (c) An authority shall certify to the health and human
5-13 services agency the amount of public funds expended by the
5-14 authority under this section for the purpose of obtaining federal
5-15 funds under a program described by Subsection (a)(1) of this
5-16 section.
5-17 (d) In this section, "health and human services agency"
5-18 means an agency listed in Section 19, Article 4413(502), Revised
5-19 Statutes.
5-20 SECTION 4. If, before implementing the requirements of
5-21 Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Act, the Health and Human Services
5-22 Commission determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal
5-23 agency is necessary for implementation, the Health and Human
5-24 Services Commission shall request the waiver or authorization, and
5-25 the commission and each mass transit authority or department may
5-26 delay implementing those provisions until the waiver or
5-27 authorization is granted.
6-1 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
6-2 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
6-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
6-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
6-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
6-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.