Bill Text: TX SB1698 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to outreach and awareness for women veterans in this state.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-24 - House passage as amended reported [SB1698 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1698-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Lucio, et al. | S.B. No. 1698 | |
| (Thompson of Harris) | ||
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| relating to outreach and awareness for women veterans in this | ||
| state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 434, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 434.212 and 434.213 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 434.212. WOMEN VETERANS REPORT. Not later than | ||
| November 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit | ||
| to the governor, lieutenant governor, and legislature a report on | ||
| women veterans in this state. The report may be delivered | ||
| electronically and must: | ||
| (1) estimate the: | ||
| (A) number of women veterans in this state; | ||
| (B) number of women veterans who contact the | ||
| commission for assistance; and | ||
| (C) number of women veterans who receive | ||
| assistance from the commission, the Texas Workforce Commission, the | ||
| Department of State Health Services, and other state agencies; | ||
| (2) identify the unique problems faced by women | ||
| veterans; and | ||
| (3) recommend policy proposals, initiatives, and | ||
| funding levels to address the problems identified in Subdivision | ||
| (2). | ||
| Sec. 434.213. WOMEN VETERANS COMMUNITY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN. | ||
| The women veterans coordinator designated under Section 434.203, in | ||
| consultation with the Governor's Commission for Women, the United | ||
| States Department of Veterans Affairs, and any other appropriate | ||
| agency, shall conduct a community outreach campaign to: | ||
| (1) provide information relating to and increase | ||
| awareness of benefits and services available to women veterans; | ||
| (2) improve access to benefits and services for women | ||
| veterans; | ||
| (3) increase participation of women veterans in | ||
| programs that provide benefits and services; | ||
| (4) provide information on the significant | ||
| contributions of women veterans in this state; and | ||
| (5) provide information relating to and increase | ||
| awareness of support groups and other organizations relating to | ||
| family services, including services for women veterans who are | ||
| single parents. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2018, the women | ||
| veterans coordinator shall establish the women veterans community | ||
| outreach campaign as required under Section 434.213, Government | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, and the Texas Veterans Commission shall | ||
| adopt any rules necessary to implement the campaign. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
