Sec. 99.006. OPEN BURN PIT INFORMATION. The department, with the assistance of the Texas Veterans Commission, shall develop and include on its Internet website information to inform service members, veterans, and their families about the:

(1) registration and use of the department's open burn pit registry and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry;

(2) most recent scientific developments on the health effects of exposure to open burn pit smoke and other airborne hazards and the status of any illness or condition that is presumed to be caused by exposure to open burn pit smoke or other airborne hazards as designated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;

(3) availability of any treatment offered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for an illness or condition that may be caused by exposure to open burn pit smoke or other airborne hazards;

(4) process for applying to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disability compensation for an illness or condition that may be related to exposure to open burn pit smoke or other airborne hazards, including the methods for documenting the illness or condition; and

(5) manner of appealing to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs an existing service-related disability rating decision or requesting an increased service-related disability rating based on an illness or condition that may be related to exposure to open burn pit smoke or other airborne hazards.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 153 (H.B. 306), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.