By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 1566
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted
  disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) upon the filing of a
  petition alleging delinquent conduct.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 54.033, Texas Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A child found at the conclusion of an adjudication
  hearing under Section 54.03 of this code alleged to have engaged in
  delinquent conduct by a petition filed under 53.04 or 53.045, or a
  petition filed under 54.02 of this code that included a violation of
  Sections 21.11(a)(1), 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, shall undergo
  a medical procedure or test at the direction of the juvenile court
  designed to show or help show whether the child has a sexually
  transmitted disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS),
  human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or infection with any other
  probable causative agent of AIDS. The Court may direct the child to
  undergo the procedure or test on the court's own motion or on the
  request of the victim of the delinquent conduct.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a
  petition alleging delinquent conduct filed on or after the
  effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the delinquent
  conduct occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.