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State health official asks Texas mental‑health licensees to join Medical Reserve Corps for disaster response
Summary
A Department of State Health Services official outlined the Medical Reserve Corps network and urged Texas mental‑health professionals to join local units. The presentation described typical MRC missions, onboarding steps and training; the council held a Q&A about rural access and coordination with Red Cross.
Brian Damas, community outreach and volunteer coordinator at the Texas Department of State Health Services, told the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council on June 24 that Medical Reserve Corps units around the state need more mental‑health volunteers.
Damas said the MRC network supports disaster response and ongoing community health outreach; in Texas there are about 26 units that train volunteers for shelter operations, points of dispensing, family assistance centers and psychological first aid.
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