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| 1 | 1 | 89R3808 AND-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 1724 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to compensation for habilitation transportation services | |
| 10 | 10 | under the community living assistance and support services (CLASS) | |
| 11 | 11 | waiver program. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Chapter 546, Government Code, as effective April | |
| 14 | 14 | 1, 2025, is amended by adding Subchapter J-1 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | SUBCHAPTER J-1. COMMUNITY LIVING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES | |
| 16 | 16 | (CLASS) WAIVER PROGRAM | |
| 17 | 17 | Sec. 546.0472. HABILITATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. To | |
| 18 | 18 | the extent permitted by federal law, an individual who provides | |
| 19 | 19 | habilitation transportation services to a recipient under the | |
| 20 | 20 | community living assistance and support services (CLASS) waiver | |
| 21 | 21 | program is entitled to compensation for all time spent operating a | |
| 22 | 22 | motor vehicle in connection with transporting a recipient, | |
| 23 | 23 | including time spent returning a recipient's vehicle to a | |
| 24 | 24 | designated location without the recipient as a passenger. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | |
| 26 | 26 | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | |
| 27 | 27 | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | |
| 28 | 28 | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | |
| 29 | 29 | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | |
| 30 | 30 | waiver or authorization is granted. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |