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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disclosure of certain documentation and records |
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concerning victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 56A.252, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) For purposes of this subsection, "intimate parts" and |
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"visual material" have the meanings assigned by Section 21.16, |
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Penal Code. In providing documentation in support of additional |
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reimbursement under Subsection (c)(1)(B), a health care provider or |
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sexual assault examiner may redact any personally identifiable |
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information of a sexual assault survivor and withhold any visual |
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material depicting a sexual assault survivor with the survivor's |
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intimate parts exposed or otherwise depicting the survivor in an |
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intimate state. |
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SECTION 2. Section 420.072, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) For purposes of this subsection, "intimate parts" and |
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"visual material" have the meanings assigned by Section 21.16, |
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Penal Code. In disclosing a communication or record for purposes of |
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an audit, an evaluation, or research under Subsection (a)(5)(B), an |
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advocate or sexual assault program may redact any personally |
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identifiable information of a survivor and withhold any visual |
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material depicting a survivor with the survivor's intimate parts |
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exposed or otherwise depicting the survivor in an intimate state. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |