Amend CSSB 1 as follows:

(1)  On page II-102, at the end of the Health and Human Services Commission bill pattern, add the following new rider:

Medical Transportation Public Brokerage Pilot Program. Out of funds appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission in Strategy B.2.3, Medical Transportation, the Health and Human Services Commission, in conjunction with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, shall implement a pilot project on nonemergency medical transportation using three contiguous rural transit districts created under Chapter 458, Transportation Code. The pilot shall evaluate cost savings measures, efficiencies and best practices. The pilot shall document and analyze the impact of the matching funding with local funding contributions, Medicaid funding, Fund 6 appropriations and Federal Transit Administration funding. Accountability metrics and best practices shall be reported to the legislature by December, 2014.