Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R841 MPF-D
2	2	By: Guillen H.B. No. 381
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a pilot program awarding grants for the provision of
10	10	personalized treatment protocols for veterans diagnosed with
11	11	post-traumatic stress disorder.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
14	14	amended by adding Chapter 49 to read as follows:
15	15	CHAPTER 49. VETERANS PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE POST-TRAUMATIC
16	16	STRESS DISORDER TREATMENT
17	17	Sec. 49.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
18	18	(1) "Pilot program" means the pilot program
19	19	established under this chapter.
20	20	(2) "Veteran" means an individual who has served in:
21	21	(A) an active or reserve component of the army,
22	22	navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States;
23	23	or
24	24	(B) the Texas National Guard, as defined by
25	25	Section 431.001, Government Code.
26	26	Sec. 49.002. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.
27	27	(a) The commission, using available resources and in cooperation
28	28	with a nonprofit veterans organization, shall establish and operate
29	29	a pilot program to award grants for the provision of personalized
30	30	treatment protocols to at least 250 veterans diagnosed with
31	31	post-traumatic stress disorder, including treatment-resistant
32	32	post-traumatic stress disorder.
33	33	(b) A personalized treatment protocol provided to a veteran
34	34	under the pilot program must be:
35	35	(1) administered at the veteran's home; and
36	36	(2) designed to reduce neuroinflammation and
37	37	replenish deficient or insufficient brain chemistry to an optimal
38	38	level.
39	39	(c) The commission may award a grant under the pilot program
40	40	only in accordance with a contract between the commission and a
41	41	grant recipient. The contract must include provisions under which
42	42	the commission is granted sufficient control to ensure the public
43	43	purpose of providing treatment to veterans is accomplished and the
44	44	state receives the return benefit.
45	45	(d) The commission may accept gifts, grants, and donations
46	46	to operate the pilot program.
47	47	Sec. 49.003. RULES. The executive commissioner shall adopt
48	48	rules to implement this chapter.
49	49	Sec. 49.004. REPORT. Not later than October 1, 2030, the
50	50	commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant
51	51	governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
52	52	appropriate standing committees of the legislature a report that
53	53	includes:
54	54	(1) information on the number of veterans who were
55	55	provided a personalized treatment protocol under the pilot program;
56	56	and
57	57	(2) an evaluation of the pilot program's
58	58	effectiveness.
59	59	Sec. 49.005. EXPIRATION. The pilot program concludes and
60	60	this chapter expires September 1, 2031.
61	61	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
62	62	of this Act:
63	63	(1) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
64	64	Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement
65	65	Chapter 49, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act; and
66	66	(2) the Health and Human Services Commission shall
67	67	establish and begin operating the pilot program under Chapter 49,
68	68	Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
69	69	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.