86R10356 EAS-D
By: Calanni H.B. No. 3375
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual medical examination for foster children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 266, Family Code, is amended by adding
Section 266.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 266.014. ANNUAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED; SEXUAL
ABUSE OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING REFERRAL. (a) For each child in the
conservatorship of the department, the department shall make a
reasonable effort to obtain consent from a person authorized to
provide consent under Section 266.004 or 266.010, as applicable,
for the child to receive an annual medical examination in
accordance with this section.
(b) The department shall ensure that each child in the
conservatorship of the department for whom the department obtains
consent under Subsection (a) receives an annual medical examination
from a physician or other health care provider authorized under
state law to conduct medical examinations. The examination must
include an evaluation of whether the child has been sexually abused
or was a victim of human trafficking during the preceding year.
(c) If, during the evaluation or medical examination, the
physician or health care provider determines that the child has
been sexually abused or was a victim of human trafficking, the
physician or health care provider shall refer the child to a
specialist who provides medical and psychological treatment for
victims of sexual abuse or human trafficking, as applicable.
(d) The commission shall ensure that the annual medical
examination required by this section is a benefit covered under the
STAR Health program or other Medicaid program in which the child is
enrolled.
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that an additional waiver or additional
authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation
of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall
request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that
provision until the waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.