TITLE: Relating to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to the fund for veterans' assistance for grants to improve the level of health services provided to certain veterans.

SUMMARY: Relating to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to the fund for veterans' assistance for grants to improve the level of health services provided to certain veterans.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to the fund for veterans' assistance for grants to improve the level of health services provided to certain veterans. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. (a) The amount of $10 million is appropriated from the economic stabilization fund to the fund for veterans' assistance for use by the Texas Veterans Commission during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2017, to make grants in accordance with this Act and rules adopted by the commission to improve the level of health services provided to veterans in this state. (b) From among organizations that apply in the time and manner established by the Texas Veterans Commission for a grant of money under this Act, the commission shall select those organizations that best meet the criteria adopted for the purpose by the commission. The criteria must require that an organization receiving a grant of money under this Act use the money in a manner that improves the level of health services provided by this state to veterans who reside in this state at locations more than 200 miles from a veterans hospital. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, but only if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution.