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| 1 | 1 | By: Price H.B. No. 3756 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to state mental health benefits provided to certain | |
| 7 | 7 | spouses or former spouses of veterans. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Chapter 434, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subchapter J to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | SUBCHAPTER J. BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES OF VETERANS | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 434.451. APPLICABILITY. | |
| 13 | 13 | This subchapter applies only | |
| 14 | 14 | to the spouse or former spouse of a veteran, as defined by Section | |
| 15 | 15 | 2303.003, who was married for at least 10 years to the veteran while | |
| 16 | 16 | the veteran served on active duty as a member of the state military | |
| 17 | 17 | forces or a component of the United States armed forces, including | |
| 18 | 18 | an auxiliary service of one of those branches. | |
| 19 | 19 | Sec. 434.452. ENTITLEMENT TO STATE MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS. | |
| 20 | 20 | Notwithstanding the applicability of any other law, the spouse or | |
| 21 | 21 | former spouse of a veteran to whom this subchapter applies is | |
| 22 | 22 | entitled to the mental health benefits to which a veteran is | |
| 23 | 23 | entitled under state law. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an | |
| 25 | 25 | application for a state mental health benefit that is submitted by a | |
| 26 | 26 | spouse or former spouse of a veteran on or after the effective date | |
| 27 | 27 | of this Act. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |