Amend CSHB 18 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 13, line 22, strike "Section 531.02414(d), Government Code, is" and substitute "Sections 531.02414(c) and (d), Government Code, are".
(2) On page 13, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
(c) Except as provided by Section 531.024142 and notwithstanding [Notwithstanding] any other law, the commission may not delegate the commission's duty to supervise the medical transportation program to any other person, including through a contract with the Texas Department of Transportation for the department to assume any of the commission's responsibilities relating to the provision of services through that program.
(3) On page 14, line 5, strike "Section 531.024141" and substitute "Sections 531.024141 and 531.024142".
(4) On page 16, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
Sec. 531.024142. OVERSIGHT OF MEDICAID MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SERVICES. (a) In this section, "medical transportation program" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.02414.
(b) Regardless of the delivery model selected by the commission under Section 531.024141 for the delivery of medical transportation program services, the commission shall:
(1) contract with a person to oversee the delivery of those services through the selected delivery model; and
(2) pay for the contract from the anticipated cost savings realized under the contract.
(c) In contracting for the oversight of medical transportation program services, the commission shall provide contracting opportunities to persons who employ veterans or other persons with disabilities whose services are available under Chapter 122, Human Resources Code.
(d) The person contracted under Subsection (b) shall maintain a record of each service provided under the medical transportation program, including the cost of mileage for the service, the cost of the service, and the cost of any software licensing support used to meet the requirements of this section. A managed transportation organization or vendor through which medical transportation program services are provided shall provide to the person contracted under Subsection (b) the information necessary for that person to comply with this subsection.
(e) Not later than December 1, 2018, the commission shall evaluate the oversight of medical transportation program services under this section for not more than a 90-day period to determine:
(1) the viability of continuing to contract with a person to oversee the services;
(2) the economic return on investment from contracting with a person to oversee the services; and
(3) route efficiency and reasonableness in the provision of the services.
(f) Subsection (e) and this subsection expire September 1, 2019.