State Trends in Coordination Nicholas Farber August 5, APTA State Public Transportation Partnerships Conference, Seattle WA National Conference of State Legislatures Denver, Colorado

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)  Non-profit, bi-partisan organization.  Members are all 50 state legislatures, 7,400 legislators and 30,000 legislative staff in 50 states, D.C. and U.S. territories.  Offices in Denver and D.C.  Among our goals - To provide legislatures with information and research about policy issues, both state and federal.  NCSL tracks state policy developments in all public policy areas.  Work closely w/ the states, federal agencies, sister organizations, think tanks

NCSL Transportation Program  Covers all topics of interest to state legislatures in transportation.  Expert, experienced staff  Instant Response Information Clearinghouse  Technical Assistance: on-site testimony, arrange expert panels, in-depth research  Policy reports and briefs on numerous topics  Data Bases: Issue-Specific State Transportation Legislation on funding, coordination, traffic safety  NCSL Transportation Committee made up of legislative committee chairs and other transportation leaders from the 50 states.

NCSL Transportation Program  Covers all topics of interest to legislatures in transportation, including:  Human Service Transportation Coordination  Traffic Safety  State Transportation Funding  Hazmat Transportation  Trucking Issues  Aviation  Passenger and Freight Rail  Transit  Intelligent Transportation Systems

Recent Trends in Coordination  Created Comprehensive Statement of Legislative Intent that Coordination is State Policy: 13 states-- AR, FL, IA, IL, KY, MD, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, VT, WA  State Agency Coordinating Councils Established by Legislation: 12 states--AR, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KY, MN, MO, NH, VT, and WA  State Agency Coordinating Councils Established by Executive Order: 14 states-- AK, CO, KS, MD, MA, NE, NC, NJ, OK, OR, SC, SD, WV, WI

Recent Trends in Coordination  Total Number of States with Coordinating Councils: 26  Agency Cooperation, without specific mandate: 5 states-- IA, MA, MI, NH, OH  Recent Proposed Legislation for Coordination Councils in AL, GA*  Local coordination facilitated: CA, HI, NH, VA, WA  Other laws—“Legislative mandate for agencies to cooperate:” 10 states--AZ, CA, KS, ME, MS, MT, PA, SC, TN, TX

Recent Coordination Enactments  Alaska A.O. No. 243 (2008):  Created the Governor's Coordinated Transportation Task Force (CTTF)  Purpose:  To serve as the advisory committee to the governor  To develop policy and procedural recommendations for the state's various existing programs  The CTTF presented its findings to the governor on Feb. 11.  The report presents a process “to achieve a coordinated human service public transportation culture as well as a structure to sustain it"

Recent Coordination Enactments  Florida HB 1175 (2008):  Requires all human service agencies to identify dollars spent on NEMT services to transportation disadvantaged clients  Requires all agencies to pay the transportation rates approved by the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged  Amends provisions allowing for purchase of transportation services outside the coordinated system

Recent Coordination Enactments  Georgia HB 277 (2010):  Creates the Georgia Coordinating Committee for Rural and Human Services Transportation of the Governor's Development Council  The committee has to examine the manner in which transportation services are provided by the participating agencies represented on the committee  Requires a report to be submitted to the Governor’s Development council every year that makes recommendations to improve practices

Recent Coordination Enactments  Massachusetts HB 107 (2009):  Created the Massachusetts Mobility Compact  Goals are to:  Increase mobility for people and goods in the state  Promote administrative efficiency and program improvement among transportation agencies  Share best practice techniques  Promote local economic growth for transportation facilities in rural and less accessible areas of the state

Recent Coordination Enactments  Minnesota SB 2540 (2010):  Creates the Minnesota Council on Transportation Access  The council was established to study, evaluate, oversee, and make recommendations to improve the coordination, availability, accessibility, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and safety of transportation services provided to the transit public  Expires June 30, 2014

Recent Coordination Enactments  New Hampshire SB 321 (2010):  Sets the term of 3 years for the coordination council members  Broadens the purpose of the coordinating council from serving “senior citizens and persons with disabilities to “the general public, in particular citizens in need of access to essential services and activities”  Expands the purpose of the council so that it can approve the formation of local coordinating councils  Allows the council to issue grants “for the purpose of making grants to improve community transportation”

Recent Coordination Enactments  South Carolina HB 3279 (2008):  Created the Committee to Study Mass Transit and Human Services Transportation  The committee has to study all mass transit systems and human services transportation systems in South Carolina and report on the status of these programs  The final report was due on March 13, 2010

Recent Coordination Enactments  South Carolina EO :  Establishes the South Carolina Interagency Transportation Coordination Council, which promotes interagency cooperation and statewide coordination to cut costs and eliminate waste in current transportation programs.

Recent Coordination Enactments  Tennessee HB 2937 (2008):  Requires the DOT to coordinate all financial resources that are provided for transportation services in the state  Requires those seeking funds from the DOT to file a report detailing the amount needed and the purpose  Tennessee SB 2835 (2008):  Requires any state department making a grant for transportation services and entities receiving funds for specialized services from the state to coordinate those transportation services or specialized transportation services with the department's multimodal transportation resource division.

Recent Coordination Enactments  Washington HB 2072 (2009):  Created a work group, led by ACCT, to increase efficiencies in NEMT  Requires ACCT to collaborate and monitor local coordinating coalitions toward the council's progress towards achieving its goals, the progress of each region in advancing coordination of and accessibility to special transportation services, and to provide input to local and regional planning organizations for advancing special needs transportation  Creates a local coordinating coalition in each nonemergency medical transportation brokerage region.

NCSL Caltrans MAP Project  MAP's Goals :  Improve the effectiveness of coordination and partnerships  Coordination will assist by opening lines of communication to :  Promote human services transportation coordination  Improve mobility choices for targeted consumers  Implement the Mobility Management Plan 17

NCSL Caltrans MAP Project  In conjunction with JNTC, NCSL :  Performed legislative research on relevant California and federal statutes  Conducted presentations, discussions and interviews with Caltrans, the MAP PAC and other study stakeholders  Analyzed key regulatory and policy-related issues which surfaced during the study that were obstacles to the improvement of state coordination efforts 18

NCSL Caltrans MAP Project  NCSL Recommendations :  Improve the Unmet Needs Process  Amend NEMT Medi-Cal regulations  Strengthen CTSAs  Improve insurance and volunteer driver laws  Establish a formalized structure to promote coordination 19

NCSL Transportation Program: Transit and Human Service Transportation Coordination  Extensive 2005 baseline study of state coordination efforts  Multi-year effort in conjunction with Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) to create awareness about coordination policy options in state legislatures.  Recent reports on paratransit insurance, school bus use, mobility management, state coordinating councils  Available upon request

NCSL Transportation Program: Transit and Human Service Transportation Coordination  50-State Transportation Coordination Legislation On-line Data Base  Technical Assistance to states on request  Presentations at conferences such as the CTAA Coordination Institute.  Educational sessions for NCSL Transportation Committee about specific state efforts  Session on coordination in Louisville, KY on July 26

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