Texas is poised to play a bigger role in veterans' mental health care after lawmakers passed several bills aimed at boosting ...

House Bill 39, introduced by State Representative Ray Lopez (D-San Antonio), would require every county in Texas to report when a military veteran dies by suicide. The bill passed unanimously in ...

AUSTIN, Texas – A bill that would require all ... 32 or even more," Lopez previously said. Advocates say the veteran suicide crisis remains obscured by a lack of consistent data collection.

Sep. 17—AUSTIN — September 22 is Texas Veteran Suicide Prevention Day. The Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) wants to help inform veterans, their families, friends and communities of the risk ...

State lawmakers say the death of a San Antonio veteran by suicide this week shows an urgent ... gave an emotional speech on the floor of the Texas House Thursday morning invoking the death of ...