86R4453 SRA-D
By: Neave H.B. No. 620
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a women veterans suicide prevention public awareness
campaign.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 434.215 to read as follows:
Sec. 434.215. WOMEN VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION PUBLIC
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. (a) The program shall develop and implement a
public awareness campaign to:
(1) increase public awareness of suicide risk factors
for women veterans; and
(2) provide information relating to, and increase
awareness of, suicide prevention services and organizations
available to women veterans.
(b) In implementing the campaign, the program may engage in
online advocacy, issue public service announcements, and
distribute materials that cover the topics described by Subsection
(a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.