By: González of El Paso, et al. H.B. No. 671
(Senate Sponsor - Eckhardt)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2023;
May 8, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs; May 16, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 16, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
HancockX
ParkerX
BlancoX
EckhardtX
GutierrezX
HallX
SparksX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a veterans suicide prevention campaign.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 434.0241 to read as follows:
Sec. 434.0241. VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN. (a)
The Texas Veterans Commission shall conduct a suicide prevention
campaign to provide veterans with information regarding suicide
prevention.
(b) In conducting the suicide prevention campaign, the
commission shall establish a dedicated Internet website to provide
veterans with information regarding suicide prevention.
(c) The commission shall collaborate with, and may contract
with, community-based, nonprofit, or private organizations to
conduct the suicide prevention campaign under this section.
(d) The commission may solicit and accept gifts and grants
for purposes of conducting the suicide prevention campaign under
this section.
SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2024, the Texas Veterans
Commission shall:
(1) establish the veterans suicide prevention
campaign as required under Section 434.0241, Government Code, as
added by this Act; and
(2) adopt any rules necessary to implement the
campaign.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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