INFORMATION RELATING TO VETERANS.

(a) This section applies to the death certificate of a person who:

(1) served in a war, campaign, or expedition of the United States, the Confederate States of America, or the Republic of Texas;

(2) was the wife or widow of a person who served in a war, campaign, or expedition of the United States, the Confederate States of America, or the Republic of Texas; or

(3) at the time of death was in the service of the United States.

(b) The funeral director or the person in charge of the disposition of the body shall supply on the reverse side of the death certificate:

(1) the organization in which service was rendered;

(2) the serial number on the discharge papers or the adjusted service certificate; and

(3) the name and mailing address of the decedent's next of kin or next friend.

(c) When the death certificate is filed locally, the local registrar shall immediately notify the nearest congressionally chartered veteran organizations.

(d) When the death certificate of a person to which this section applies is filed with the vital statistics unit, the department shall submit to 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 December 1 of each year, the Texas Veterans Commission shall prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and 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.