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House Bill 677 |
House Author: Thompson et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Wentworth |
House Bill 677 amends the Health and Safety Code to require certain health care facilities to submit to the Department of State Health Services a plan for providing emergency services to sexual assault survivors who arrive for treatment at the emergency department of the health care facility. The bill includes provisions relating to department review and approval of the plan, minimum standards of care for sexual assault survivors, information required to be included in a standard information form for sexual assault survivors developed by the department, and exceptions to required distribution of the form by certain health care facility employees for ethical or religious reasons.