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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task |
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Force. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 772.0064(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The task force is composed of the following members: |
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(1) the governor or the governor's designee; |
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(2) a representative of each state agency that has |
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duties relating to the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of |
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sexual assault or other sex offenses or provides services to |
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survivors, including: |
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(A) the office of the attorney general; |
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(B) the Health and Human Services Commission; and |
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(C) the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services; |
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(3) the executive director of the Texas Commission on |
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Law Enforcement or the executive director's designee; |
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(4) the presiding officer of the Texas Forensic |
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Science Commission or the presiding officer's designee; |
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(5) the division director of the law enforcement |
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support division of the Texas Department of Public Safety with |
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authority over the Crime Laboratory Service or the division |
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director's designee; |
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(6) the president of the Texas Association of Crime |
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Laboratory Directors or the president's designee; |
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(7) the president of the Texas District and County |
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Attorney's Association or the president's designee; |
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(8) the president of the Texas Emergency Nurses |
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Association or the president's designee; |
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(9) the president of the International Association of |
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Forensic Nurses Texas Chapter or the president's designee; |
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(10) [(9)] the president of the statewide |
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organization described by Section 264.409, Family Code, or the |
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president's designee; |
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(11) [(10)] the president of the state sexual assault |
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coalition, as defined by Section 420.003, or the president's |
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designee; |
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(12) [(11)] a representative from a law enforcement |
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agency appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection |
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(c); |
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(13) [(12)] a sexual assault nurse examiner appointed |
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by the steering committee described by Subsection (c) to represent |
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the interests of health care facilities that perform sexual assault |
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forensic exams; |
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(14) [(13)] an adult survivor of child sexual abuse or |
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the parent or guardian of a survivor of child sexual abuse; |
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(15) [(14)] a survivor of adult sexual assault; and |
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(16) [(15)] other members considered appropriate by |
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the steering committee described by Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |