Sec. 660.143. TRAVEL BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a state agency may reimburse a state employee with a disability for attendant care and other necessary expenses incurred when the employee travels inside or outside the employee's designated headquarters. An expense incurred when traveling between a residence and a place of employment may be reimbursed only as provided by law for state employees without disabilities.
(b) If the airfare is medically necessary, a state agency may reimburse a state employee with a disability for the first or business class airfare of:
(1) the employee; and
(2) the attendant of the employee.
(c) Instead of reimbursing a state employee for attendant care and other necessary expenses, a state agency may:
(1) reimburse the attendant for those expenses; or
(2) pay a commercial transportation company or commercial lodging establishment directly if the expenses are for transportation or lodging.
(d) If this chapter, the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act, or a rule adopted by the comptroller under this chapter conflicts with a requirement of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.), a federal regulation adopted under that Act, or another applicable federal law or regulation, the federal law or regulation controls to the extent of the conflict.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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