88R7557 SCP-D
By: Guillen, Garcia H.B. No. 2698
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring each state agency to post on the agency's
Internet website information on suicide prevention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2054.139 to read as follows:
Sec. 2054.139. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION ON AGENCY
WEBSITE. Each state agency shall prominently post on the agency's
Internet website the phone number for:
(1) the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and a link to the
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Internet website or any successor
website; and
(2) the Veterans Crisis Line and a link to the Veterans
Crisis Line Internet website or any successor website.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.