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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of information regarding suicide |
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prevention and certain state laws applicable to handgun license |
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holders. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.02098 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.02098. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION. (a) The |
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department shall post on the department's Internet website and make |
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available to the public and to firearm retailers a printable |
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brochure, developed in cooperation with the Health and Human |
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Services Commission, that includes the following suicide |
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prevention information: |
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(1) information regarding: |
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(A) the warning signs that a person is at risk of |
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suicide; |
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(B) suicide prevention; and |
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(C) state agencies that provide mental health and |
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suicide prevention services; and |
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(2) the phone number for the National Suicide |
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Prevention Lifeline. |
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(b) Not later than October 1 of each year, the department |
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shall update the brochure required by Subsection (a). |
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(c) The department shall provide the brochure required by |
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Subsection (a) by mail or e-mail to each new applicant for a license |
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to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H. |
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SECTION 2. Section 411.185(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) Not later than the 60th day before the expiration date |
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of the license, the department shall mail or e-mail to each license |
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holder a written notice of the expiration of the license, a renewal |
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application form, [and] the informational form described by |
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Subsection (c), and the brochure described by Section 411.02098. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |