In April, Bishop Evans drowned after jumping into the Rio Grande to save two migrants being swept away by the current. His family members will receive no financial payment, but they would if he worked for DPS or was under federal deployment.
, who oversees the Senate, have already indicated support for extending death benefits to service members on Operation Lone Star.
At one point, Abbott boasted that he had deployed 10,000 troops for the mission in an effort to deter migrants from crossing into the state from Mexico. Patterson and Huffman declined to comment beyond their news release announcing their filing of the bill. But Huffman is the leader of the budget-writing Senate Finance Committee and will have significant control over how the Legislature appropriates money., a Laredo Democrat who heads the House Committee on Defense and Veterans’ Affairs, has filed a similar bill that deals only with extending death benefits to guard members on state active duty.
In 2021, lawmakers slashed the military department’s two-year budget for tuition assistance from $3 million to $1.4 million at the request of the state’s top leaders, who were asking departments to trim budgets because of concerns about the pandemic. Later that year, lawmakers authorized $3 billion in state spending for Operation Lone Star, and that number has grown to $4 billion since.
That funding would pay for the addition of eight licensed clinical social workers, four of whom would support state active-duty missions like Operation Lone Star. That money would also pay for three additional counselors and for increasing pay for existing employees in the mental health program, who are often offered higher-paying jobs elsewhere.Back in Arlington, Johnson said she wants Evans to be remembered for his bravery, loyalty, selflessness and love for people.
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