Bill Text: TX HB4005 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certification by a physical therapist of a person's eligibility for license plates or parking placards issued to persons with disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Transportation [HB4005 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4005-Introduced.html
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By: Klick | H.B. No. 4005 |
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relating to certification by a physical therapist of a person's | ||
eligibility for license plates or parking placards issued to | ||
persons with disabilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 504.201(d), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), the initial | ||
application for specialty license plates under this section must be | ||
accompanied by a written statement from a physician [ |
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licensed to practice medicine or physical therapist licensed to | ||
practice physical therapy in this state or in a state adjacent to | ||
this state or who is authorized by applicable law to practice | ||
medicine or physical therapy, as applicable, in a hospital or other | ||
health facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs. If the | ||
applicant has a mobility problem caused by a disorder of the foot, | ||
the written statement may be issued by a person licensed to practice | ||
podiatry in this state or a state adjacent to this state. In this | ||
subsection, "podiatry" has the meaning assigned by Section 681.001. | ||
The statement must certify that the person making the application | ||
or on whose behalf the application is made is legally blind or has a | ||
mobility problem that substantially impairs the person's ability to | ||
ambulate. The statement must also certify whether a mobility | ||
problem is temporary or permanent. A written statement is not | ||
required as acceptable medical proof if: | ||
(1) the person with a disability: | ||
(A) has had a limb, hand, or foot amputated; or | ||
(B) must use a wheelchair; and | ||
(2) the applicant executes a statement attesting to | ||
the person's disability before the county assessor-collector. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 681.003(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Subject to Subsections (e) and (f), the first | ||
application must be accompanied by a notarized written statement or | ||
written prescription of a physician licensed to practice medicine | ||
or physical therapist licensed to practice physical therapy in this | ||
state or a state adjacent to this state, or authorized by applicable | ||
law to practice medicine or physical therapy, as applicable, in a | ||
hospital or other health facility of the United States Department | ||
of Veterans Affairs, certifying and providing evidence acceptable | ||
to the department that the person making the application or on whose | ||
behalf the application is made is legally blind or has a mobility | ||
problem that substantially impairs the person's ability to | ||
ambulate. The statement or prescription must include a | ||
certification of whether the disability is temporary or permanent | ||
and information acceptable to the department to determine the type | ||
of disabled parking placard for which the applicant is | ||
eligible. The department shall determine a person's eligibility | ||
based on evidence provided by the applicant establishing legal | ||
blindness or mobility impairment. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 681.004(d), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) A disabled parking placard issued to a person with a | ||
temporary disability expires after the period set by the department | ||
and may be renewed at the end of that period if the disability | ||
remains as evidenced by a physician's or physical therapist's | ||
statement or prescription submitted as required for a first | ||
application under Section 681.003(c). | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |