88R14340 BDP-D
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 4614
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensation for habilitation transportation services
under the community living assistance and support services (CLASS)
waiver program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 32.079 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.079. COMMUNITY LIVING AND SUPPORT SERVICES (CLASS)
PROGRAM: HABILITATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. To the extent
permitted by federal law, an individual who provides habilitation
transportation services to a recipient under the community living
assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver program is entitled
to compensation for all time spent operating a motor vehicle in
connection with transporting a recipient, including time spent
returning a recipient's vehicle to a designated location without
the recipient as a passenger.
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.