TITLE: Relating to a study on homeless veterans.

SUMMARY: Relating to a study on homeless veterans.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a study on homeless veterans. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 2306, Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter OO to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER OO. HOMELESS VETERANS Sec. 2306.1101. STUDY ON HOMELESS VETERANS. (a) The department, in conjunction with other members of the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless established under Subchapter KK, shall conduct a study and prepare a report on homeless veterans. (b) The report prepared under this section must: (1) include a summary of the information resulting from the study; (2) note any significant assumptions made in preparing the report, including the definition of "homelessness" that was used to prepare the report and the reason that definition was used; (3) summarize the status of the homeless veteran population in this state and note any trends observed in the previous three calendar years; (4) based on input from the Texas Veterans Commission and the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless, describe the statewide and major local entities serving homeless veteran populations, and the funding sources of those entities; and (5) provide recommendations, including recommendations made by the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless, to improve the effectiveness of this state's approach to addressing homelessness among veterans, including any recommended changes to state law. (c) The department shall submit the report required by this section to the legislature not later than December 1, 2016. (d) This subchapter expires September 1, 2017. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.