89R19808 EAS-D     By: Lopez of Bexar, Hunter, Hefner H.B. No. 39     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 39:     By:  Hefner C.S.H.B. No. 39       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)  sex; and                (5)  occupation.          (e)  Not later than September 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 September 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.