Relating to requiring entities that provide mental health services to veterans or veterans' families to provide military informed care or military cultural competency training to certain entity personnel to accept a grant from a state agency.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2021
Last action May 13, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
9
May 13, 2021
Committee
Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security
upper
May 13, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 12, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Committee
Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Charlie Geren
RRepublican
P
Jon Rosenthal
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Guillen
RRepublican
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