| 1 | 1 | | 89R4395 MCF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Huffman S.B. No. 1899 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the minimum standards of care provided to sexual |
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| 10 | 10 | | assault survivors by health care facilities. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 323.004(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) A health care facility providing care to a sexual |
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| 15 | 15 | | assault survivor shall provide the survivor with: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) subject to Subsection (b-1), a forensic medical |
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| 17 | 17 | | examination in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 420, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Government Code, and Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal |
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| 19 | 19 | | Procedure; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) a private area, if available, to wait or speak with |
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| 21 | 21 | | the appropriate medical, legal, or sexual assault crisis center |
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| 22 | 22 | | staff or volunteer until a physician, nurse, or physician assistant |
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| 23 | 23 | | is able to treat the survivor; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) access to a sexual assault program advocate, if |
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| 25 | 25 | | available, as provided by Subchapter H, Chapter 56A, Code of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Criminal Procedure; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) the information form required by Section 323.005; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (5) a private treatment room, if available; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (6) if indicated by the history of contact, access to |
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| 30 | 30 | | appropriate prophylaxis for exposure to sexually transmitted |
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| 31 | 31 | | infections; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (7) the name and telephone number of the nearest |
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| 33 | 33 | | sexual assault crisis center; [and] |
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| 34 | 34 | | (8) if the health care facility has shower facilities, |
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| 35 | 35 | | access to a shower at no cost to the survivor after the examination |
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| 36 | 36 | | described by Subdivision (1); and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (9) if the survivor consents and the treatment is |
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| 38 | 38 | | clinically indicated, an emergency contraceptive approved by the |
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| 39 | 39 | | United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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