Bill Text: TX HB1870 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to nonemergency medical transportation, shipping logistics, and coordination services for state agencies.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1870 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1870-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Johnson of Harris, Thompson of Harris, | H.B. No. 1870 | ||
White, Deshotel, Giddings | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1870: | |||
By: Rodriguez of Travis | C.S.H.B. No. 1870 |
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relating to nonemergency medical transportation, shipping | ||
logistics, and coordination services for state agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 2172.007, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2172.007. NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, | ||
SHIPPING LOGISTICS, AND COORDINATION SERVICES. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2172.007, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections | ||
(f), (g), and (h) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The comptroller shall [ |
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oversee nonemergency medical transportation, shipping logistics, | ||
and coordination services for all state agencies and shall pay the | ||
contract from the anticipated cost savings realized under the | ||
contract. The vendor shall arrange the transportation or shipment | ||
of goods, parcels, and freight using the [ |
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selected by the state agency through competitive bidding that | ||
provides the best value to the agency [ |
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(b) A state agency shall [ |
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shipments of goods, parcels, and freight under this section. | ||
(c) The vendor under this section shall maintain a record of | ||
each nonemergency medical transportation and other shipment | ||
arranged for a state agency, as applicable, including the cost of | ||
mileage for the nonemergency medical transportation, the cost of | ||
the transportation or shipment, the type of goods, parcels, or | ||
freight shipped, [ |
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shipped, and any software licensing support used to meet the | ||
requirements of this section. | ||
(d) In contracting for the oversight of nonemergency | ||
medical transportation, shipping logistics, and coordination | ||
services under this section, the comptroller shall [ |
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contracting opportunities for vendors that employ veterans or other | ||
persons with disabilities whose products and services are available | ||
under Chapter 122, Human Resources Code. | ||
(f) Purchases of nonemergency medical transportation | ||
services under Section 2155.143, 2155.144, or 2155.1441 are subject | ||
to this section. | ||
(g) Not later than December 1, 2018, the comptroller shall | ||
evaluate the nonemergency medical transportation, shipping | ||
logistics, and coordination services under this section for not | ||
more than a 90-day period to determine: | ||
(1) the viability of contracting with a vendor to | ||
oversee these services; | ||
(2) the economic return on investment from contracting | ||
with a vendor to oversee these services; and | ||
(3) route efficiency and reasonableness. | ||
(h) Subsection (g) and this subsection expire September 1, | ||
2019. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 2172.007, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into by the comptroller | ||
and a vendor to which that section applies on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2017. |