Bill Text: TX HB2666 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a veterans suicide prevention public awareness campaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs [HB2666 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2666-Introduced.html
87R9815 MWC-D | ||
By: Neave | H.B. No. 2666 |
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relating to a veterans suicide prevention public awareness | ||
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 434.027 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 434.027. VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION PUBLIC AWARENESS | ||
CAMPAIGN. (a) The Texas Veterans Commission, in collaboration | ||
with the Health and Human Services Commission, shall develop and | ||
implement a public awareness campaign to: | ||
(1) increase public awareness of suicide risk factors | ||
for veterans, including risk factors specific to women veterans; | ||
and | ||
(2) provide information relating to, and increase | ||
awareness of, suicide prevention services and organizations | ||
available to veterans, including services and organizations that | ||
address the needs of women veterans. | ||
(b) In implementing the campaign, the Texas Veterans | ||
Commission may engage in online advocacy, issue public service | ||
announcements, and distribute materials that cover the topics | ||
described by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |