Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.552 · Subchapter U. INFORMATION REGARDING PROGRAMS FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES
DIRECTORY OF SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department and commission shall compile, maintain, and disseminate through the Texas Information and Referral Network and through other appropriate media, a directory of services and other resources, tools, and counseling programs available to servicemembers and their immediate family.
(b) The directory must include:
(1) information regarding counseling services that:
(A) facilitate the reintegration of the servicemember into civilian and family life;
(B) identify and treat stress disorders, trauma, and traumatic brain injury;
(C) address parenting and family well-being, employment, and substance abuse issues; and
(D) provide crisis intervention services;
(2) to the greatest degree possible in the judgment of the department, all private and public community, state, and national resources that protect and promote the health and well-being of servicemembers and their immediate family and that are accessible in the state directly or through electronic media, print media, or the Internet; and
(3) other resources that support the health of servicemembers and their families.
(c) The department and commission shall organize the directory in a manner that allows a person to locate services in a specific community in the state.
(d) The department and commission shall develop and maintain the directory in collaboration with local, state, and national private and government organizations, including:
(1) the United States Veterans Health Administration;
(2) the United States Department of Defense;
(3) the Texas military forces;
(4) the Texas Veterans Commission; and
(5) other public and private national and community-based organizations that provide support to servicemembers and their families.
(e) The department shall provide the directory to the Texas Information and Referral Network of the commission in the time periods and in the manner and format specified by the Texas Information and Referral Network.
(f) The department shall provide the directory on the department's website or through links appearing on the department's website.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1381 (S.B. 1058), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1536), Sec. 2.10, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm
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