87R11591 KKR-D
By: Frullo H.B. No. 3635
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to vehicle modification services provided under the
vocational rehabilitation program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 352, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 352.109 to read as follows:
Sec. 352.109. APPORTIONED VEHICLE MODIFICATION SERVICES.
(a) If, after a vehicle modification review is conducted, it is
determined that a portion of an applicant's requested vehicle
modifications is not safe, the commission shall:
(1) inform the applicant about the unsafe
modification; and
(2) on the applicant's request, make a determination
regarding whether the unsafe modification violates state or federal
law and, if the commission determines that the unsafe modification
does not violate applicable state or federal law:
(A) provide those modifications that were
determined safe; and
(B) allow the applicant to pay out-of-pocket for
those modifications that were determined unsafe.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.