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.

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.