Bill Text: TX HB3375 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an annual medical examination for foster children.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Human Services [HB3375 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3375-Introduced.html
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By: Calanni | H.B. No. 3375 |
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relating to an annual medical examination for foster children. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 266, Family Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 266.014 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 266.014. ANNUAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED; SEXUAL | ||
ABUSE OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING REFERRAL. (a) For each child in the | ||
conservatorship of the department, the department shall make a | ||
reasonable effort to obtain consent from a person authorized to | ||
provide consent under Section 266.004 or 266.010, as applicable, | ||
for the child to receive an annual medical examination in | ||
accordance with this section. | ||
(b) The department shall ensure that each child in the | ||
conservatorship of the department for whom the department obtains | ||
consent under Subsection (a) receives an annual medical examination | ||
from a physician or other health care provider authorized under | ||
state law to conduct medical examinations. The examination must | ||
include an evaluation of whether the child has been sexually abused | ||
or was a victim of human trafficking during the preceding year. | ||
(c) If, during the evaluation or medical examination, the | ||
physician or health care provider determines that the child has | ||
been sexually abused or was a victim of human trafficking, the | ||
physician or health care provider shall refer the child to a | ||
specialist who provides medical and psychological treatment for | ||
victims of sexual abuse or human trafficking, as applicable. | ||
(d) The commission shall ensure that the annual medical | ||
examination required by this section is a benefit covered under the | ||
STAR Health program or other Medicaid program in which the child is | ||
enrolled. | ||
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that an additional waiver or additional | ||
authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation | ||
of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall | ||
request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that | ||
provision until the waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |