But Abbott’s administration has redirected funds from the state agency responsible for mental health. Texas’ Health and Human Services Commission was one of the agencies the state took money from
to help finance Operation Lone Star, the governor’s border security mission...
This is a state that ranks last in the country in terms of access to mental health resources, in part because of the state’s refusal to expand Medicaid. And at the school level, 98% of Texas students attend schools that lack adequate counselors. And that was a finding from the Houston Chronicle in April. So you can see a disconnect where the governor is saying mental health is the most important issue, But the Texas GOP record on this does not reflect that being an urgent concern.