Bill Text: TX HB620 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a veterans suicide prevention public awareness campaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB620 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB620-Comm_Sub.html
| 86R17576 SRA-D | |||
| By: Neave, Reynolds, Lopez | H.B. No. 620 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 620: | |||
| By: Flynn | C.S.H.B. No. 620 | ||
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| relating to a veterans suicide prevention public awareness | ||
| 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 434.026 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 434.026. VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION PUBLIC AWARENESS | ||
| CAMPAIGN. (a) The Texas Veterans Commission, in collaboration | ||
| with the Health and Human Services Commission, shall develop and | ||
| implement a public awareness campaign to: | ||
| (1) increase public awareness of suicide risk factors | ||
| for veterans, including risk factors specific to women veterans; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) provide information relating to, and increase | ||
| awareness of, suicide prevention services and organizations | ||
| available to veterans, including services and organizations that | ||
| address the needs of women veterans. | ||
| (b) In implementing the campaign, the Texas Veterans | ||
| Commission 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. | ||
