By: Lucio  S.B. No. 591          (In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2017; February 8, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs &   Border Security; April 24, 2017, reported adversely, with   favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6,   Nays 0; April 24, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 591 By:  Lucio     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.     * * * * *