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Panel hears bill to study expansion of military veteran peer network; VFW urges growth to address suicides
Summary
House Bill 1965 would require the Texas Veterans Commission to study ways to increase access to veteran peer‑support coordinators — with emphasis on rural areas — and recommend steps to grow the military veteran peer network; the committee left the bill pending after testimony from the VFW and a TVC resource witness.
House Bill 1965, sponsored in the House by Representative Garcia and presented to the Senate committee by Senator Menendez, would require the Texas Veterans Commission to study how to expand access to mental‑health services through the military veteran peer network and provide recommendations to increase the number of peer support coordinators, particularly in rural communities.
Senator Menendez said the military veteran peer network is tasked with providing peer‑to‑peer…
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