Bill Text: TX HB3404 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study on providing care to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3404 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3404-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3404 | ||
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| relating to a study on providing care to veterans with | ||
| post-traumatic stress disorder. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission | ||
| shall conduct a study on the benefits of providing integrated care | ||
| to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. To conduct the | ||
| study, the Health and Human Services Commission may coordinate with | ||
| a university and medical school with expertise in behavioral health | ||
| or post-traumatic stress disorder. The study must evaluate the | ||
| benefits of: | ||
| (1) using a standardized comprehensive trauma and | ||
| post-traumatic stress disorder assessment to identify and target | ||
| evidence-based treatment services to provide integrated care for | ||
| veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder; and | ||
| (2) involving family members in the treatment of a | ||
| veteran diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. | ||
| (b) Not later than December 1, 2016, the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall submit a report containing the results of | ||
| the study conducted under Subsection (a) of this section to the | ||
| governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives. The report must include the number of people | ||
| served and the type of integrated care provided through the study. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2017. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3404 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 8, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3404 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
