Texas Lawmakers Hear Mental Health Recommendations
As more attention turns to mental health care for kids affected by Hurricane Harvey, Texas lawmakers are inviting recommendations on how to help kids across the state struggling with similar issues.
Rates of mental health issues typically climb following disasters like Harvey, and advocates say that trend has mostly held true along the Gulf Coast.
Texas officials established a mental health task force just after Harvey, and at a Texas House of Representatives Committee on Public Health hearing, advocates called on lawmakers to devote more resources to mental health support statewide.
“What Texas needs to do is take the experience and the lessons learned and the work of this task force and expand it statewide,” Josette Saxton, Director of Mental Health Policy at Texans Care for Children, told Houston Public Media.
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