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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 323.0052. Information Form for Sexual Assault Survivors Who Have Not Reported Assault

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The commission shall develop a standard information form that, as described by Subsection (b), is to be provided to sexual assault survivors who have not given signed, written consent to a health care facility to release the evidence as provided by Section 420.0735, Government Code. The form must include the following information:

(1) the Department of Public Safety's policy regarding storage of evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense that is collected under Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, including:

(A) a statement that the evidence will be stored until the fifth anniversary of the date on which the evidence was collected before the evidence becomes eligible for destruction; and

(B) the department's procedures regarding the notification of the survivor through the statewide electronic tracking system before a planned destruction of the evidence;

(2) a statement that the survivor may request the release of the evidence to a law enforcement agency and report a sexual assault or other sex offense to the agency at any time;

(3) the name, phone number, and e-mail address of the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the offense; and

(4) the name and phone number of a local sexual assault crisis center.

(b) A health care facility that provides care to a sexual assault survivor who has not given consent as described by Subsection (a) shall provide the standard form developed under Subsection (a) to the survivor before the survivor is released from the facility.

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