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Proposition 8The ballot will read: The constitutional amendment authorizing the state to contribute money, property, and other resources for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of veterans hospitals in this state.Background: Veterans hospitals are run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Texas currently has nine in-patient veterans hospitals that serve the 1.7 million veterans who live in the state. It has been proposed that state funds could be combined with federal funds to expand and improve these federal facilities in Texas, but the State of Texas government has no authority to contribute funding to a federal veterans hospital. Proposition 8 would give the state government that authority. For: Establishment of additional veterans hospitals in the state helps Texas veterans. The rising cost of traveling to the existing facilities can delay necessary health care for some veterans. This proposed amendment would make it clear that state resources can be used to help establish, maintain, or operate a veterans hospital that is run by the federal government. The state should take any action and expend any resources necessary to ensure that the federal government builds these needed facilities in Texas. Against: Funding these hospitals is the responsibility of the federal government. In these tough budgetary times, the state should not devote any of its limited resources to something that is not a responsibility of Texas state government. If we want more veterans hospitals in Texas, our federal legislators should work to provide them with federal funding. that would occur if this proposition passes, CLICK HERE. Words to be added to the Constitution will be underlined. Words to be removed, if any, will be [ For a more detailed analysis of this proposition For the full House Research Organization report |