HBA-MPA H.B. 2248 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2248 By: Hawley Transportation 4/4/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the Transportation Code requires social service and public transportation providers to coordinate transportation services for health and human services clients, and requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to consider and include the health and human service clients when performing public transportation planning and funding activities. The code also establishes a process to inventory social service contracting opportunities, requiring TxDOT to forward a list of Federal Transit Administration grantees to each state agency that offers social services under the Health and Safety Code, the Human Resource Code, and the Labor Code. These agencies then forward the TxDOT information to their field offices and contractors who in turn furnish the appropriate local transit organization with an inventory of contract and in-house capital resources. Transportation needed for social services can then be coordinated in each service area. Coordination in assimilating the required information is needed to improve the services delivered to health and human services clients. H.B. 2248 requires TxDOT to establish a statewide database to collect information to enhance coordination between public transportation providers, TxDOT, and clients of social services agencies. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 459.003, Transportation Code, by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e), as follows: Sec. 459.003. INVENTORY OF CURRENT CONTRACTS. (c) Requires each state agency that provides social services under the Health and Safety Code, Human Resource Code, or the Labor Code to provide, no later than January 1 of each year, a copy of the report required by this section to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in addition to the transportation provider. (e) Provides that TxDOT compile a statewide database to document transportation expenses and track the number of instances in which social service contract dollars are actually awarded to a transit operator as a result of compliance with this section. SECTION 2.Emergency clause. Effective date: 90 days after adjournment.