Bill Text: TX HB2515 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a veterans self-help center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2515 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2515-Introduced.html
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By: Uresti | H.B. No. 2515 |
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relating to the establishment of a veterans self-help center. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 434.0195 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 434.0195. VETERANS SELF-HELP CENTER. (a) The Texas | ||
Veterans Commission shall establish a veterans self-help center in | ||
a municipality with a population of more than 1.3 million located in | ||
a county in which three or more locations of a joint military base | ||
are located. | ||
(b) In determining a location for the self-help center, the | ||
commission shall ensure that the center is located in an area of the | ||
municipality without United States Department of Veterans Affairs | ||
offices and treatment centers. | ||
(c) The self-help center must provide access to appropriate | ||
veterans services and resources, including through staff and | ||
information technology services. The commission shall coordinate | ||
with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and any other | ||
appropriate state or federal agency, as necessary, to carry out the | ||
functions of the self-help center. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |