Bill Text: TX HB1965 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on mental health services provided to veterans through the Texas Veterans Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Filed [HB1965 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1965-Introduced.html
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| By: Garcia of Bexar | H.B. No. 1965 | |
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| relating to a study on mental health services provided to veterans | ||
| through the Texas Veterans Commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section, the "commission" means the | ||
| Texas Veterans Commission. | ||
| (b) The commission, in collaboration with the Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission, shall conduct a study to evaluate | ||
| strategies to improve and expand mental health services provided | ||
| through the commission's Military Veteran Peer Network. The study | ||
| must include recommendations on expanding the number of certified | ||
| peer service coordinators who provide mental health services to | ||
| service members, veterans, and family members of service members or | ||
| veterans. | ||
| (c) The study required by this section must focus on the | ||
| provision of certified peer service coordinators in rural | ||
| communities in this state. | ||
| (d) Not later than December 1, 2026, the commission shall | ||
| prepare and submit a report to the legislature containing the | ||
| findings of the study and any recommendations for legislative or | ||
| other action. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2025. | ||
