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Committee considers bill directing study of veterans’ geographic access to benefits
Summary
HB 2193 would require the Texas Veterans Commission to study county-level counts of veterans eligible for benefits, the location and number of claims benefit advisors, and the costs of a geographically responsive support system; committee left the bill pending after no public testimony.
The Committee on Veteran Affairs heard House Bill 2193 on an unspecified date, which would direct the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) to study the number of veterans eligible for benefits in each county and how claims benefit advisors are deployed across the state.
Senator Eckhart, who laid out the bill, said the measure aims to respond to a growing veteran population that is increasingly…
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