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AN ACT
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relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran |
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deaths in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 193.006, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) When the death certificate of a person to which this |
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section applies is filed with the vital statistics unit, the |
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department [state registrar] shall submit to [notify] the Texas |
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Veterans Commission deidentified information on the person's: |
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(1) manner of death, only if the death was by suicide |
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or homicide; |
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(2) age; |
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(3) race; |
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(4) sex; and |
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(5) occupation. |
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(e) Not later than December 1 of each year, the Texas |
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Veterans Commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, |
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lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and |
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standing committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction |
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over veterans affairs and publish on the commission's Internet |
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website a written report that contains: |
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(1) aggregated data based on the information the |
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commission receives under Subsection (d) for the preceding year; |
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(2) an evaluation of that data; and |
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(3) any recommendations for legislative or other |
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action. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2027, the Texas |
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Veterans Commission shall prepare and submit the initial report |
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required by Section 193.006(e), Health and Safety Code, as added by |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 39 was passed by the House on April |
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15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 39 on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 4, 1 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 39 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |