Bill Text: TX HB2193 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Veterans Commission regarding the provision of veterans benefits in this state.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective immediately [HB2193 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2193-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2193 | ||
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| relating to a study by the Texas Veterans Commission regarding the | ||
| provision of veterans benefits in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this Act, "commission" means the Texas | ||
| Veterans Commission. | ||
| (b) The commission shall conduct a study to determine: | ||
| (1) the number of veterans in this state who are | ||
| entitled under state or federal law to receive veterans benefits | ||
| managed, provided, or facilitated by the commission; | ||
| (2) the location of the veterans described by | ||
| Subdivision (1) of this subsection disaggregated by county; | ||
| (3) the number of claims benefit advisors employed by | ||
| the commission; | ||
| (4) the number of claims benefit advisors necessary | ||
| for the commission to employ and the geographic locations at which | ||
| the advisors should perform their duties in order to provide | ||
| services to veterans in the most efficient manner considering: | ||
| (A) the geographic areas currently served by | ||
| veterans county service officers; and | ||
| (B) the option of allowing multiple counties to | ||
| be served at the same location in a way that minimizes drive times | ||
| and distances traveled by veterans to receive services; and | ||
| (5) the costs to implement the service delivery system | ||
| described by Subdivision (4) of this subsection, including the | ||
| estimated costs of hiring, training, and equipping claims benefit | ||
| advisors and of offices and office operations and support staff. | ||
| (c) In determining the costs under Subsection (b)(5) of this | ||
| section, the commission may consider collocating claims benefit | ||
| advisors with facilities, institutions, and organizations that are | ||
| currently providing services to veterans. | ||
| (d) Not later than June 1, 2026, the commission shall submit | ||
| to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives, and each member of the legislature a report on | ||
| the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or | ||
| other action. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act expires January 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2193 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 22, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2193 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
