By Burnam H.R. No. 1166 75R17097 RNS-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Chapter 706, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular 1-2 Session, 1993, enacted psychiatric hospital reforms directed 1-3 against providers who were transporting fraudulently referred 1-4 clients to their facilities (Section 161.091, Health and Safety 1-5 Code); and 1-6 WHEREAS, This prohibition was not intended to apply to 1-7 nonpsychiatric hospitals that provide free transportation as a 1-8 community service; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Currently, this provision could be construed to 1-10 prohibit benign activity such as transporting low-income elderly 1-11 individuals for free blood pressure screening or other 1-12 health-related community education services; now, therefore, be it 1-13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 1-14 Legislature hereby establish that the intent of this chamber when 1-15 enacting and amending Section 161.091, Health and Safety Code, was 1-16 not to prohibit a person from providing transportation for health 1-17 care services to adult patients as a community service if the 1-18 transportation service is valued at not more than $20 per one-way 1-19 trip, is not provided by a mental health provider, and does not 1-20 involve transportation to a mental health facility; and, be it 1-21 further 1-22 RESOLVED, That the health care services envisioned as 1-23 permitted under this provision include services routinely provided 1-24 in a hospital-based outpatient clinic and health-related community 2-1 education services; and, be it further 2-2 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-3 forwarded to the commissioner of health in the Texas Department of 2-4 Health.