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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 86(R)

House Bill 531

House Author:  Miller

Effective:  9-1-19

Senate Sponsor:  Buckingham


            House Bill 531 amends the Health and Safety Code and Occupations Code to prohibit a hospital and a physician from destroying a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.