Bill Text: TX HB4259 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the provision of information regarding suicide prevention and certain state laws applicable to handgun license holders.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4259 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4259-Comm_Sub.html

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87R23940 AJZ-D
By: Morales Shaw H.B. No. 4259
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4259:
By: Bowers C.S.H.B. No. 4259

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of information regarding suicide
prevention and certain state laws applicable to handgun license
holders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.185(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) Not later than the 60th day before the expiration date
of the license, the department shall mail or e-mail to each license
holder a written notice of the expiration of the license, a renewal
application form, [and] the informational form described by
Subsection (c), and the brochure described by Section 411.02096.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.02096 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.02096. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION. (a) The
department shall post on the department's Internet website a
printable brochure, developed in cooperation with the Health and
Human Services Commission, that includes the following suicide
prevention information:
(1) information regarding:
(A) the warning signs that a person is at risk of
suicide;
(B) suicide prevention; and
(C) state agencies that provide mental health and
suicide prevention services; and
(2) the phone number for the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline.
(b) Not later than October 1 of each year, the department
shall update the brochure required by Subsection (a).
(c) The department shall provide the brochure required by
Subsection (a) by mail or e-mail to each new applicant for a license
to carry a handgun issued under Subchapter H.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.