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Panel hears bill to transfer veterans mental‑health programs to Texas Veterans Commission; left pending
Summary
Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs heard House Bill 114, which would move administration of several veterans mental‑health programs from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to the Texas Veterans Commission and require a statewide suicide‑prevention action plan; the committee left the bill pending after testimony was closed.
House Bill 114, sponsored in the House by Representative Philip Cortez and presented to the Senate committee by Senate sponsor Senator Zaffirini, would transfer administration of the state’s veterans mental‑health programs from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to the Texas Veterans Commission and establish a TVC grant program for community‑based mental‑health services.
The bill also…
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