Option 4: Regional Transportation Partnership

This option establishes a pilot regional public brokerage program in specific areas of the state for three years with three cooperating public transit districts – Brazos Transit, Capital Area Rural Transportation Services (CARTS) and Hill Country Transit (TSAPs 13, 12, and 23 respectively). The three transit districts would form a consortium to provi

de seamless and coordinated services to MTP clients in the 24-county region. In the remaining areas of the state, HHSC would have to pursue an alternate transportation model. Under an inter-local agreement with MTP, the consortium would assure dependable, economical and safe access to healthcare services throughout the region and, when necessary, to distant destinations. By coordinating inter-district travel, public, healthcare and other special purpose trips and taking advantage of lower cost fixed-route bus services within the region, the regional public broker would be able to reduce waste and duplication and substantially lower per trip costs while enhancing mobility and access for the Medicaid population.