Amend CSSB 370, in Article 1 of the bill, Section 1.28, by
striking proposed Section 455.0015, Transportation Code, (House
Committee printing, page 33, line 27-page 34, line 4), and
substituting the following:
      Sec. 455.0015.  TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF CLIENTS OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES.  In performing its public transportation
planning and funding activities, the department shall:
            (1)  consider and include the transportation needs of
those persons who are clients of the health and human services
agencies of this state;
            (2)  to the extent possible, and to the maximum extent
feasible, utilize non-profit entities in addressing those
transportation needs; and
            (3)  to the extent that non-profit entities cannot be
utilized to provide those transportation needs, utilize the
existing network of transportation providers, particularly the
fixed-route components of that network to provide those services.