By: Hunter (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 3821
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
Human Services; May 21, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3821 By: Perry
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employing and training mental health professionals for
the mental health program for veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 434.352(a) and (b), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission and the Health and Human [Department of
State Health] Services Commission shall coordinate to administer
the mental health program for veterans developed under Chapter
1001, Health and Safety Code.
(b) For the mental health program for veterans, the
commission shall:
(1) provide training to peer service coordinators and
peers in accordance with Section 434.353;
(2) provide technical assistance to peer service
coordinators and peers;
(3) identify, train, and communicate with
community-based licensed mental health professionals,
community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations;
(4) coordinate services for justice involved
veterans; [and]
(5) coordinate local delivery to veterans and
immediate family members of veterans of mental health first aid for
veterans training; and
(6) employ and train mental health professionals to
assist the Health and Human Services Commission in the
administration of the program.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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