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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to employing and training mental health professionals for the mental health program for veterans."
+description: "Relating to employing and training mental health professionals for the mental health program for veterans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3821"
+citation: "Texas HB 3821 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "VETERANS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0016)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hunter", "Menéndez"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26b853d3-c184-409a-ab58-d48b706e28b0"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3821.xml"
+source_hash: "e470cf297a4ac435f6160795ee1993fea3f735fe8c19160af027235201e9228b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 3821 (87) — Relating to employing and training mental health professionals for the mental health program for veterans.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03821I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03821E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03821H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03821S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03821F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **144–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hunter — primary (person)
+- Menéndez — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-23** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-19** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2021-05-08** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2021-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-08** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-08** Record vote
+- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-08** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-12** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26b853d3-c184-409a-ab58-d48b706e28b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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