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

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