87R23940 AJZ-D

By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 4259

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4259:

By: Bowers C.S.H.B. No. 4259

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of information regarding suicide prevention and certain state laws applicable to handgun license holders.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 411.185(d), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d) Not later than the 60th day before the expiration date of the license, the department shall mail or e-mail to each license holder a written notice of the expiration of the license, a renewal application form, [and] the informational form described by Subsection (c), and the brochure described by Section 411.02096.

SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.02096 to read as follows:

Sec. 411.02096. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION. (a) The department shall post on the department's Internet website a printable brochure, developed in cooperation with the Health and Human Services Commission, that includes the following suicide prevention information:

(1) information regarding:

(A) the warning signs that a person is at risk of suicide;

(B) suicide prevention; and

(C) state agencies that provide mental health and suicide prevention services; and

(2) the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

(b) Not later than October 1 of each year, the department shall update the brochure required by Subsection (a).

(c) The department shall provide the brochure required by Subsection (a) by mail or e-mail to each new applicant for a license to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.