Bill Text: TX HB4061 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a task force on intentional violent deaths.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Public Health [HB4061 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4061-Introduced.html
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| By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 4061 | |
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| relating to the creation of a task force on intentional violent | ||
| deaths. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Department" means the Department of State Health | ||
| Services. | ||
| (2) "Task force" means the task force on intentional | ||
| violent deaths. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The department shall establish a task force | ||
| on intentional violent deaths. The task force shall develop a | ||
| written plan establishing measures and a timeline to reduce | ||
| intentional violent deaths in this state, including suicides and | ||
| homicides. The department shall: | ||
| (1) analyze current available local and state data | ||
| relating to intentional violent deaths and: | ||
| (A) identify gaps in the data; and | ||
| (B) recommend measures to improve data | ||
| collection; | ||
| (2) analyze, to the extent feasible, the impact mental | ||
| illness has on intentional violent deaths; | ||
| (3) review current laws in this state and other states | ||
| pertaining to addressing and preventing intentional violent | ||
| deaths; and | ||
| (4) review national best practices relating to | ||
| policies on reducing intentional violent deaths. | ||
| (b) The task force is composed of 11 members as follows: | ||
| (1) two members appointed by the governor; | ||
| (2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor; | ||
| (3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives; | ||
| (4) one representative of each of the following | ||
| agencies appointed by the executive head of the agency: | ||
| (A) the department; | ||
| (B) the Department of Public Safety of the State | ||
| of Texas; | ||
| (C) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and | ||
| (D) the Texas Suicide Prevention Council; | ||
| (5) one representative from a law enforcement | ||
| organization, appointed by the commissioner of state health | ||
| services; and | ||
| (6) two representatives from public health advocacy | ||
| organizations, appointed by the department. | ||
| (c) A task force member is not entitled to compensation or | ||
| reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing the member's | ||
| duties. | ||
| (d) Not later than October 1, 2017, each person responsible | ||
| for appointing members to the task force shall appoint the members | ||
| as required by Subsection (b) of this section. | ||
| (e) Not later than December 1, 2018, the task force shall | ||
| submit its written plan to the governor and members of the | ||
| legislature. | ||
| SECTION 3. The task force is abolished and this Act expires | ||
| September 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
