Amend CSHB 531 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike page 1, lines 5 through 10, and substitute the following:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 241.1031 to read as follows:
Sec. 241.1031. PRESERVATION OF RECORD FROM FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION. (a) A hospital may not destroy a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Article 56.06 or 56.065, Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.
(b) A hospital may maintain a medical record described by Subsection (a) in the same form in which the hospital maintains other medical records.
(2) On page 1, line 19, strike "15th" and substitute "20th".
(3) On page 1, line 22, strike "the effective date of this Act" and substitute "March 1, 2020".
(4) On page 1, line 23, strike "the effective date of this Act" and substitute "March 1, 2020,".