88R24441 MZM-D
	By: Morales Shaw, Sherman, Sr., Rose, Lujan,	H.B. No. 3534
	Frazier, et al.
	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3534:
	By:  Burrows	C.S.H.B. No. 3534

	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.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.02098 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.02098.  SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION. (a) The
	department shall post on the department's Internet website and make
	available to the public and to firearm retailers 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 2.  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 411.02098.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.