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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to establishment of a research and clinical care center |
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for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder and related |
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conditions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 74, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 74.155 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 74.155. NATIONAL CENTER FOR WARRIOR RESILIENCY.(a) |
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In this section, "PTSD" means posttraumatic stress disorder and |
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related conditions. |
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(b) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San |
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Antonio shall establish and maintain the National Center for |
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Warrior Resiliency, a center devoted to research and clinical care |
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regarding: |
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(1) the detection, prevention, diagnosis, and |
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treatment of combat-related PTSD and comorbid conditions; and |
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(2) enhancing the psychological resiliency of |
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military personnel and veterans. |
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(c) The center shall foster multi-disciplinary and multi- |
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institutional research collaborations, and for that purpose may |
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establish or participate in research consortia with other Texas |
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and national public and private institutions of higher education |
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and appropriate federal agencies such as the United States |
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Veterans Administration, the United States Department of Defense, |
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and the National Institutes of Health. |
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(d) The health science center shall seek funding for center |
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operations through gifts, grants, donations, including sponsored |
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research. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |