Bill Text: TX SB2126 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of adults with mental illness in reduced-fare programs of public transportation providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Transportation [SB2126 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2126-Introduced.html
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By: Blanco | S.B. No. 2126 |
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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. |