Amend CSSB 8 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 7, line 17, between "entity" and "that", insert "or political subdivision of this state".
(2) On page 7, line 20, strike "Subsection (h)," and substitute "Subsection (i),".
(3) On page 8, line 8, between "process" and the underlined period, insert "for each managed transportation region as determined by the commission".
(4) On page 8, line 19, strike "To the extent allowed under federal law, a", and substitute "A".
(5) On page 8, line 22, between "vehicles" and the underlined period, insert ". The commission shall seek appropriate federal waivers or other authorizations to implement this subsection as necessary".
(6) On page 9, line 2, between "transportation" and "providers", insert "organizations and".
(7) On page 9, strike lines 5 through 9 and substitute the following:
(h) Instead of procuring managed transportation organizations under Subsection (c), the commission may approve or enter into a contract or interlocal agreement with transportation service area providers to consolidate and coordinate transportation service delivery activities under the medical transportation program if the providers are transportation service area providers on August 31, 2013, and collectively provide services in no fewer than three contiguous rural or small urban transit districts created under Chapter 458, Transportation Code. A contract or agreement entered into under this subsection must:
(1) be executed not later than December 30, 2013;
(2) be for a term that does not exceed two years; and
(3) be designed to allow for the evaluation of the following in the medical transportation program:
(A) cost-saving measures;
(B) efficiencies;
(C) best practices; and
(D) sources of matching funds.
(i) The commission may delay providing medical transportation program services through a managed transportation delivery model in areas of this state in which the commission on September 1, 2013, is operating a full-risk transportation broker model.
(j) Subsection (h) and this subsection expire on the earlier of:
(1) the date any contract entered into under Subsection (h) terminates; or
(2) August 31, 2015.
(8) On page 9, line 14, strike "(h)" and substitute "(i)".