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TX HB381
Bill
Status
11/12/2024
Primary Sponsor
Ryan Guillen
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AI Summary
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Establishes a pilot program through the Health and Human Services Commission, in cooperation with a nonprofit veterans organization, to award grants for personalized PTSD treatment protocols for at least 250 veterans, including those with treatment-resistant PTSD
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Treatment protocols must be administered at the veteran's home and designed to reduce neuroinflammation and replenish deficient brain chemistry to optimal levels
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Grants may only be awarded through contracts that give the commission sufficient control to ensure the public purpose is accomplished and the state receives return benefit
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Commission must submit a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, and appropriate legislative committees by October 1, 2030, evaluating the program's effectiveness and number of veterans served
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Pilot program expires September 1, 2031, with the act taking effect September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to a pilot program awarding grants for the provision of personalized treatment protocols for veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
State Finances
Last Action
Left pending in subcommittee
3/10/2025