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78R4582 DLF-D

By:  Wilson                                                       H.B. No. 759



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a transportation service to facilitate the purchase of 
medications near the state border with the United Mexican States.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 101, Human Resources Code, 
is amended by adding Section 101.034 to read as follows:
	Sec. 101.034.  TRANSPORTATION SERVICE TO FACILITATE 
PURCHASE OF MEDICATIONS. (a) The department shall provide a 
low-cost transportation service to assist elderly individuals and 
other residents of this state in traveling to the United Mexican 
States to purchase medications.
	(b)  The department shall provide the transportation service 
by operating buses or other appropriate vehicles between areas 
located in this state and areas located in the United Mexican States 
near the state border.  The areas must include both urban and rural 
locations in this state selected by the board.
	(c)  The department shall charge a fee to each passenger in 
the amount necessary to recover the cost of operating the 
transportation service.
	(d)  The department may contract with a commercial bus 
company to operate the transportation service.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.