| 1 | 1 | | By: Naishtat (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2966 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | 4 | | Justice; May 21, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the confidentiality of certain communications and |
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| 11 | 11 | | records made or collected in reference to certain sexual assault |
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| 12 | 12 | | survivors. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Article 56.065, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (j) A communication or record that contains identifying |
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| 17 | 17 | | information regarding a person who receives a forensic medical |
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| 18 | 18 | | examination under this article and that is created by, provided to, |
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| 19 | 19 | | or in the control or possession of the department is confidential |
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| 20 | 20 | | for purposes of Section 552.101, Government Code. In this |
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| 21 | 21 | | subsection, "identifying information" includes: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) information revealing the identity, personal |
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| 23 | 23 | | history, or background of the person; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) information concerning the victimization of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | person. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 31 | 31 | | * * * * * |
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