Bill Text: TX HB4099 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to information and contraceptives provided to a sexual assault survivor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Public Health [HB4099 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4099-Introduced.html
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| By: Beckley | H.B. No. 4099 | |
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| relating to information and contraceptives provided to a sexual | ||
| assault survivor. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 323.004, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) A health care facility providing care to a sexual | ||
| assault survivor shall provide the survivor with: | ||
| (1) subject to Subsection (b-1), a forensic medical | ||
| examination in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 420, | ||
| Government Code, if the examination has been requested by a law | ||
| enforcement agency under Article 56.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
| or is conducted under Article 56.065, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
| (2) a private area, if available, to wait or speak with | ||
| the appropriate medical, legal, or sexual assault crisis center | ||
| staff or volunteer until a physician, nurse, or physician assistant | ||
| is able to treat the survivor; | ||
| (3) access to a sexual assault program advocate, if | ||
| available, as provided by Article 56.045, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure; | ||
| (4) the information form required by Section 323.005; | ||
| (5) a private treatment room, if available; | ||
| (6) if indicated by the history of contact, access to | ||
| appropriate prophylaxis for exposure to sexually transmitted | ||
| infections; [ |
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| (7) the name and telephone number of the nearest | ||
| sexual assault crisis center; | ||
| (8) medically accurate information about the services | ||
| this state provides to sexual assault survivors, including | ||
| information necessary for the survivor to make an informed decision | ||
| on emergency and nonemergency contraceptives; | ||
| (9) emergency contraceptives provided at no cost to | ||
| the survivor; | ||
| (10) a nonemergency contraceptive of the survivor's | ||
| choice provided at no cost to the survivor; and | ||
| (11) if necessary, a list of clinics in the survivor's | ||
| geographic area that provide follow-up services related to the | ||
| contraceptive provided to the survivor under Subdivision (10). | ||
| (e) A health care facility providing a contraceptive to a | ||
| sexual assault survivor under Subsection (b)(9) or (10) may apply | ||
| to the Health and Human Services Commission in the form and manner | ||
| provided by commission rule for reimbursement of the cost of the | ||
| contraceptive and any related medical expenses incurred by the | ||
| facility related to providing the contraceptive. The commission | ||
| shall reimburse a facility if the facility timely provides a | ||
| complete application to the commission. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| Section 323.004, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
