The Florida Senate
HOUSE MESSAGE SUMMARY
Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Transportation
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BILL: CS/CS/SB 1380, 1 Eng.
INTRODUCER: Senator Hutson
SUBJECT: Transportation Services for Persons with Disabilities and the Transportation
Disadvantaged
DATE: March 6, 2024
I.Amendments Contained in Message:
House Amendment – 517321 (body with title)
II.Summary of Amendments Contained in Message:
House Amendment – 517321 (body with title)
The amendment:
 Provides that the term “transportation service provider” does not include the Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT).
 Removes the October 1, 2024, deadline for the Commission for the Transportation
Disadvantaged (CTD) to establish a model system for transportation service providers to
receive and investigate complaints of adverse incidents. However, these procedures must still
be established.
 Specifies requirements for the CTD’s model system to receive and investigate complaints of
adverse incidents.
 Requires the Center for Urban Transportation Research to, by January 1, 2025, deliver a
report on model policies and procedures or best practices for paratransit providers to
complete trips within an acceptable time after pickup.
 Requires the I-STREET Living Lab to, by January 1, 2025, deliver a comprehensive report
on technology and training improvements to better support persons with disabilities using
paratransit services, and provides a list of items to be reviewed and for I-STREET Living
Lab to provide recommendations.


Statutes affected:
S 1380 c1: 427.012, 427.0159
S 1380 c2: 427.012
S 1380 e1: 427.012
S 1380 e2: 427.012
S 1380 er: 427.012