84R3233 JSC-F
By: Dale H.B. No. 1446
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reimbursement of certain medical costs for victims of
certain sex offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 56.46, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Subsection (a) does not apply to reimbursement for a
forensic medical examination performed in accordance with
Subchapter B, Chapter 420, Government Code, or for any other
medical care described by Section 323.004, Health and Safety Code,
if the examination or care was provided to the victim of an offense
under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to compensation for criminally injurious conduct occurring on or
after the effective date of this Act. Compensation for criminally
injurious conduct occurring before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, criminally injurious conduct occurred
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
underlying the conduct occurred before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.