| (a) Purpose. This section describes requirements for
addressing the transportation needs of clients of health and human
service agencies and for the coordination of services between recipients
of state and federal public transportation grant funds and other transportation
operators.
(b) Planning for client transportation.
(1) The department will consider and will encourage
metropolitan planning organizations to consider the transportation
needs of persons who are clients of health and human services agencies
in the planning processes performed under Chapter 16, Subchapter B,
of this title (relating to Transportation Planning).
(2) An applicant for state or federal financial assistance
under this chapter must submit evidence of coordination efforts to
the department. This evidence must include a certification that, whenever
possible, and to the maximum extent feasible, the existing network
of transportation providers, and in particular the fixed route components
of public transportation systems, will be used to meet the client
transportation requirements of the state's social service agencies
and their clients.
(3) The department will encourage, to the maximum extent
possible, state health and human services agencies to base their transportation
funding decisions on the recommendations that result from the:
(A) planning processes described under paragraph (1)
of this subsection; and
(B) evidence of coordination efforts submitted under
paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(c) Standards. Contractors shall at all times coordinate
the provision of public transportation services with other transportation
operators, both public and private, in the local area. Contractors
shall furnish the department copies of any coordination agreements
or other documents that demonstrate a good faith effort to reduce
duplication of effort while improving the efficiency and effectiveness
of transit services to the public. The department may suggest coordination
efforts and may direct state and federal grant funding towards that
end.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §31.49 adopted to be effective August 11, 1994, 19 TexReg 5880; amended to be effective March 26, 1998, 23 TexReg 3044; amended to be effective April 17, 2003, 28 TexReg 3080; amended to be effective November 21, 2013, 38 TexReg 8253 |
