Bill Text: TX SB1698 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to outreach and awareness for women veterans in this state.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-24 - House passage as amended reported [SB1698 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1698-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Lucio, Campbell S.B. No. 1698
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.
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