Bill Text: TX HB848 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice of the cost of a forensic examination for a victim of an alleged sexual assault.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB848 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB848-Introduced.html
86R1522 SCL-D | ||
By: Wray | H.B. No. 848 |
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relating to notice of the cost of a forensic examination for a | ||
victim of an alleged sexual assault. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 56.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) A law enforcement agency described by Subsection (c) | ||
shall provide to the victim of an alleged sexual assault: | ||
(1) the standard information form for sexual assault | ||
survivors developed under Section 323.005(a), Health and Safety | ||
Code; and | ||
(2) oral notice that the forensic medical examination | ||
is provided at no cost to the victim. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 56.065, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) A health care facility described by Subsection (c) | ||
shall provide to the victim of an alleged sexual assault: | ||
(1) the standard information form for sexual assault | ||
survivors developed under Section 323.005(a), Health and Safety | ||
Code; and | ||
(2) oral notice that the forensic medical examination | ||
is provided at no cost to the victim. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |