HB381 - Relating to a pilot program awarding grants for the provision of personalized treatment protocols for veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

  89R841 MPF-D     By: Guillen H.B. No. 381       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a pilot program awarding grants for the provision of   personalized treatment protocols for veterans diagnosed with   post-traumatic stress disorder.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 49 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 49. VETERANS PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE POST-TRAUMATIC   STRESS DISORDER TREATMENT           Sec. 49.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                 (1)     "Pilot program" means the pilot program   established under this chapter.                 (2)  "Veteran" means an individual who has served in:                       (A)     an active or reserve component of the army,   navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States;   or                       (B)     the Texas National Guard, as defined by   Section 431.001, Government Code.           Sec.   49.002.     ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.   (a) The commission, using available resources and in cooperation   with a nonprofit veterans organization, shall establish and operate   a pilot program to award grants for the provision of personalized   treatment protocols to at least 250 veterans diagnosed with   post-traumatic stress disorder, including treatment-resistant   post-traumatic stress disorder.           (b)     A personalized treatment protocol provided to a veteran   under the pilot program must be:                 (1)  administered at the veteran's home; and                 (2)     designed to reduce neuroinflammation and   replenish deficient or insufficient brain chemistry to an optimal   level.           (c)     The commission may award a grant under the pilot program   only in accordance with a contract between the commission and a   grant recipient. The contract must include provisions under which   the commission is granted sufficient control to ensure the public   purpose of providing treatment to veterans is accomplished and the   state receives the return benefit.           (d)     The commission may accept gifts, grants, and donations   to operate the pilot program.           Sec.   49.003.     RULES. The executive commissioner shall adopt   rules to implement this chapter.           Sec.   49.004.     REPORT. Not later than October 1, 2030, the   commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant   governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the   appropriate standing committees of the legislature a report that   includes:                 (1)     information on the number of veterans who were   provided a personalized treatment protocol under the pilot program;   and                 (2)     an evaluation of the pilot program's   effectiveness.           Sec.   49.005.     EXPIRATION. The pilot program concludes and   this chapter expires September 1, 2031.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act:                (1)  the executive commissioner of the Health and Human   Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement   Chapter 49, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act; and                (2)  the Health and Human Services Commission shall   establish and begin operating the pilot program under Chapter 49,   Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.