H.B. No. 671
 
 
 
 
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
  veterans with information regarding suicide prevention.
         (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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 671 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 671 was passed by the Senate on May
  18, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor