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TX HB381

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

Ryan Guillen

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • Treatment protocols must be administered at the veteran's home and designed to reduce neuroinflammation and replenish deficient brain chemistry to optimal levels

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Defense & Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee2/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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