84R6384 JSC-D
By: Huffman S.B. No. 779
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the access to certain medical test results by a grand
jury.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 81.103(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A test result is confidential and is not subject to a
subpoena, other than a grand jury subpoena. A person that possesses
or has knowledge of a test result may not release or disclose the
test result or allow the test result to become known except as
provided by this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.