Bill Text: TX HB3914 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of adults with mental illness in reduced-fare programs of public transportation providers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-05 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB3914 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3914-Comm_Sub.html
  87R14182 JTS-D
 
  By: Ortega, Guillen, et al. H.B. No. 3914
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the inclusion of adults with mental illness in
  reduced-fare programs of public transportation providers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 461, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Section 461.010 to read as follows:
         Sec. 461.010.  REDUCED FARE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH
  DISABILITIES; INCLUSION OF ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. A public
  transportation provider that offers reduced fares for people with
  disabilities must offer the same reduced fares for adults who have
  severe and persistent mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, major
  depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder,
  obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder, attention
  deficit/hyperactivity disorder, delusional disorder, bulimia
  nervosa, anorexia nervosa, or other severely disabling mental
  disorders that require crisis resolution or ongoing and long-term
  support and treatment.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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