| 1 | 1 | | 81R19797 KJM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Turner of Tarrant, Raymond, Guillen, H.B. No. 3950 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Pea, et al. |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3950: |
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| 5 | 5 | | By: Turner of Tarrant C.S.H.B. No. 3950 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the temporary housing in a housing facility of a public |
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| 11 | 11 | | university of certain veterans receiving health care treatment. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 51.9112 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 51.9112. VETERAN'S TEMPORARY HOUSING IN INSTITUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSING FACILITY. (a) In this section, "institution of higher |
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| 17 | 17 | | education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) A veteran receiving health care services from a |
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| 19 | 19 | | hospital, health clinic, or other facility operated by the Veterans |
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| 20 | 20 | | Health Administration of the United States Department of Veterans |
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| 21 | 21 | | Affairs may stay, free of charge, in a vacant room of a housing |
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| 22 | 22 | | facility located at and operated by an institution of higher |
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| 23 | 23 | | education while the veteran is receiving the health care services |
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| 24 | 24 | | if: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) the institution is able to accommodate and |
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| 26 | 26 | | approves the veteran's request for temporary housing and the |
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| 27 | 27 | | institution is located a reasonable distance from the hospital, |
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| 28 | 28 | | health clinic, or other facility providing health care services to |
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| 29 | 29 | | the veteran; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) the veteran resides more than 100 miles from the |
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| 31 | 31 | | hospital, health clinic, or other facility providing health care |
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| 32 | 32 | | services to the veteran. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) The primary or other necessary caregiver to a veteran |
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| 34 | 34 | | described by Subsection (b) may stay, free of charge, in a vacant |
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| 35 | 35 | | room of a housing facility located at and operated by an institution |
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| 36 | 36 | | of higher education while the veteran is receiving health care |
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| 37 | 37 | | services from a facility operated by the Veterans Health |
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| 38 | 38 | | Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs |
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| 39 | 39 | | if: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) the institution is able to accommodate and |
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| 41 | 41 | | approves the caregiver's request for temporary housing and the |
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| 42 | 42 | | institution is located a reasonable distance from the facility |
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| 43 | 43 | | providing health care services; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) Subsection (b)(2) applies; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) the veteran is staying either at an institution |
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| 46 | 46 | | housing facility as provided by Subsection (b) or at the facility |
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| 47 | 47 | | providing health care services. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 49 | 49 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 50 | 50 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 51 | 51 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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