(a) In accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter 420, Government Code, and except as provided by Subsection (b), a health care facility shall conduct a forensic medical examination of a victim of an alleged sexual assault if:
(1) the victim arrives at the facility within 96 hours after the assault occurred;
(2) the victim consents to the examination; and
(3) at the time of the examination the victim has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.
(b) If a health care facility does not provide diagnosis or treatment services to victims of sexual assault, the facility shall refer a victim of an alleged sexual assault who seeks a forensic medical examination under Subsection (a) to a health care facility that provides services to those victims.
(c) A victim of an alleged sexual assault may not be required to participate in the investigation or prosecution of an offense as a condition of receiving a forensic medical examination under this article.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.05, eff. January 1, 2021.
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