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.