Bill Text: TX HCR12 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Designating September 22 as Texas Veterans Suicide Prevention Day for a 10-year period ending in 2033.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Signed by the Governor [HCR12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR12-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Designating September 22 as Texas Veterans Suicide Prevention Day for a 10-year period ending in 2033.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Signed by the Governor [HCR12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR12-Engrossed.html
88R19579 KSM-D | ||
By: Lopez of Bexar, Morales of Maverick, | H.C.R. No. 12 | |
Anchía, Garcia |
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WHEREAS, The wounds sustained through armed service to the | ||
United States are both visible and invisible, and it is vital that | ||
all veterans and their families have access to appropriate health | ||
care treatments and other resources; and | ||
WHEREAS, According to the Department of Veterans Affairs and | ||
the Department of Defense, an average of nearly 20 current or former | ||
members of the armed forces die by suicide each day, and veterans | ||
account for a disproportionate percentage of all adult suicides in | ||
the U.S.; and | ||
WHEREAS, It is of critical importance that military and | ||
veteran communities continue to offer support to the surviving | ||
family members of veterans who die by suicide and connect them to | ||
available resources; these families have valuable lessons to share | ||
that can help prevent future suicides in veteran populations, and | ||
their voices should be included in prevention efforts; and | ||
WHEREAS, The families of veterans who die by suicide are | ||
deserving of recognition for their contributions to the strength, | ||
health, and survival of veteran communities, and Texas Veterans | ||
Suicide Prevention Day offers a fitting opportunity for all Texans | ||
to extend their support to veterans and their families; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby designate September 22 as Texas Veterans Suicide Prevention | ||
Day; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of | ||
Section 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in | ||
effect until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is | ||
finally passed by the legislature. |