88R2944 EAS-D
 
  By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 581
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a veterans suicide prevention campaign.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 434.0241 to read as follows:
         Sec. 434.0241.  VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN. (a)
  The Texas Veterans Commission shall conduct a suicide prevention
  campaign to provide veterans with information regarding suicide
  prevention.
         (b)  In conducting the suicide prevention campaign, the
  commission shall establish a dedicated Internet website to provide
  information about safely storing firearms.
         (c)  The commission shall collaborate with, and may contract
  with, community-based, nonprofit, or private organizations to
  conduct the suicide prevention campaign under this section.
         (d)  The commission may solicit and accept gifts and grants
  for purposes of conducting the suicide prevention campaign under
  this section.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than March 1, 2024, the Texas Veterans
  Commission shall:
               (1)  establish the veterans suicide prevention
  campaign as required under Section 434.0241, Government Code, as
  added by this Act; and
               (2)  adopt any rules necessary to implement the
  campaign.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.