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| 1 | 1 | 86R1522 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wray H.B. No. 848 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to notice of the cost of a forensic examination for a | |
| 8 | 8 | victim of an alleged sexual assault. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 56.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c-1) A law enforcement agency described by Subsection (c) | |
| 13 | 13 | shall provide to the victim of an alleged sexual assault: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) the standard information form for sexual assault | |
| 15 | 15 | survivors developed under Section 323.005(a), Health and Safety | |
| 16 | 16 | Code; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) oral notice that the forensic medical examination | |
| 18 | 18 | is provided at no cost to the victim. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Article 56.065, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 20 | 20 | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | |
| 21 | 21 | (c-1) A health care facility described by Subsection (c) | |
| 22 | 22 | shall provide to the victim of an alleged sexual assault: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) the standard information form for sexual assault | |
| 24 | 24 | survivors developed under Section 323.005(a), Health and Safety | |
| 25 | 25 | Code; and | |
| 26 | 26 | (2) oral notice that the forensic medical examination | |
| 27 | 27 | is provided at no cost to the victim. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |