By: Lopez of Bexar, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Parker) H.B. No. 39          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2025;   April 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on   Veteran Affairs; May 19, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;   May 19, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 39 By:  Parker     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to information and data regarding the incidence of veteran   deaths in this state.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 193.006, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to   read as follows:          (d)  When the death certificate of a person to which this   section applies is filed with the vital statistics unit, the   department [state registrar] shall submit to [notify] the Texas   Veterans Commission deidentified information on the person's:                (1)  manner of death, only if the death was by suicide   or homicide;                (2)  age;                (3)  race;                (4)  previous use of psychotropic drugs, only if that   information is reasonably available to the department;                (5)  sex; and                (6)  occupation.          (e)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the Texas   Veterans Commission shall prepare and submit to the standing   committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over   veterans affairs and publish on the commission's Internet website a   written report that contains:                (1)  aggregated data based on the information the   commission receives under Subsection (d) for the preceding year;                (2)  an evaluation of that data; and                (3)  any recommendations for legislative or other   action.          SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2027, the Texas   Veterans Commission shall prepare and submit the initial report   required by Section 193.006(e), Health and Safety Code, as added by   this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *