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Amend SB 1698 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 434.203, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 434.203. COORDINATOR. (a) The executive director shall designate a women veterans coordinator for this state.
(b) The coordinator or the coordinator's designee shall serve as a liaison between state and federal agencies and organizations that provide benefits and services to women veterans.
SECTION ____. Section 434.204, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 434.204. GENERAL PROGRAM DUTIES. The program shall:
(1) provide assistance to the women veterans of this state as provided by this subchapter;
(2) perform outreach functions to improve the awareness of women veterans of their eligibility for federal and state veterans' benefits and services;
(3) assess the needs of women veterans with respect to benefits and services;
(4) review programs, research projects, and other initiatives designed to address the needs of the women veterans of this state;
(5) make recommendations to the executive director regarding the improvement of benefits and services to women veterans; [and]
(6) incorporate issues concerning women veterans in commission planning regarding veterans' benefits and services; and
(7) in collaboration with appropriate state agencies, provide information to women veterans on services and resources provided by state or federal agencies and organizations to women veterans.