85R11678 JG-D
By: Uresti H.B. No. 2515
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.