| 1 | 1 | | 86R9241 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2678 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the compilation and reporting of statistics involving |
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| 8 | 8 | | sexual assault victims who receive a forensic medical examination |
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| 9 | 9 | | before reporting the assault to law enforcement. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal |
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| 12 | 12 | | Procedure, is amended by adding Article 56.0651 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Art. 56.0651. DELAYED REPORTING BY SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS; |
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| 14 | 14 | | COMPILATION OF STATISTICS. (a) In this article, "department" |
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| 15 | 15 | | means the Department of Public Safety. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The department shall compile and maintain statistics on |
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| 17 | 17 | | the number of victims of sexual assault in each calendar year who |
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| 18 | 18 | | have reported the sexual assault to a law enforcement agency after |
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| 19 | 19 | | receiving a forensic medical examination under Article 56.065, |
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| 20 | 20 | | regardless of the year in which that examination was performed. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Statistics compiled and maintained under this subsection may not |
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| 22 | 22 | | include identifying information of a victim. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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| 24 | 24 | | the department shall: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) report the statistics compiled by the department |
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| 26 | 26 | | under Subsection (b) to the standing committees of the house of |
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| 27 | 27 | | representatives and senate with primary jurisdiction over criminal |
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| 28 | 28 | | justice issues; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) post the statistics compiled by the department |
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| 30 | 30 | | under Subsection (b) on the department's Internet website. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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