Requiring the agency council on coordinated transportation to coordinate special needs transportation.
Summary
Reauthorizes the Agency Council on Coordinated Transportation (Council) by extending the termination date from June 30, 2007, to June 30, 2010, and repeals the Program for Agency Coordinated Transportation.
Modifies and streamlines the Council's membership and duties, and requires the Council to submit a progress report to the Legislature by December 1, 2009.
Beginning July 1, 2007, and every other year thereafter, requires that each regional transportation planning organization submit to the Council an updated plan that includes elements identified by the Council.
Requires the Council to establish guidelines for customer complaint processes, and to represent the interests of persons with special transportation needs in statewide efforts for emergency and disaster preparedness planning.
Directs the Joint Transportation Committee to study best practices to improve coordination of special needs transportation at the regional level.
Directs the Joint Transportation Committee, with cooperation from the Council, to study and review the legal and programmatic changes and best practices necessary for providing effective coordination of special needs transportation at the subregional level, and to submit its report to the Legislature by December 1, 2007.
From the Substitute House Bill Report (SHB 1694), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗