S.B. No. 591         AN ACT   relating to a community outreach campaign to increase awareness of   veterans benefits and services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 434, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 434.024 to read as follows:          Sec. 434.024.  VETERANS COMMUNITY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN.   (a)  The Texas Veterans Commission shall conduct a community   outreach campaign to provide information relating to and increase   awareness of benefits and services available to veterans,   including:                (1)  claims assistance services;                (2)  technology services, including the veterans   website under Section 434.102;                (3)  health, financial, rehabilitation, and housing   services;                (4)  employment and reemployment services;                (5)  legal services, including the veterans treatment   court program under Chapter 124;                (6)  state and federal education benefits;                (7)  grants available to veterans;                (8)  entrepreneurial services under Section 434.022;   and                (9)  mental health services.          (b)  The community outreach campaign must include outreach   efforts at:                (1)  community centers;                (2)  places of worship; and                (3)  any other place in a community where veterans   routinely gather, as determined by the commission.          (c)  The commission shall collaborate with, and may contract   with, community-based, nonprofit, or private organizations to   implement the community outreach campaign under this section.          (d)  The commission may solicit and accept gifts and grants   to fund the community outreach campaign under this section.          SECTION 2.  Not later than November 1, 2018, the Texas   Veterans Commission shall establish the veterans community   outreach campaign as required under Section 434.024, Government   Code, as added by this Act, and shall adopt any rules necessary to   implement the campaign.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 591 passed the Senate on   April 27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 591 passed the House on   May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor