Bill Text: TX HB1566 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) upon the filing of a petition alleging delinquent conduct.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1566 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1566-Introduced.html

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By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 1566

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted
disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) upon the filing of a
petition alleging delinquent conduct.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.033, Texas Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A child found at the conclusion of an adjudication
hearing under Section 54.03 of this code alleged to have engaged in
delinquent conduct by a petition filed under 53.04 or 53.045, or a
petition filed under 54.02 of this code that included a violation of
Sections 21.11(a)(1), 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, shall undergo
a medical procedure or test at the direction of the juvenile court
designed to show or help show whether the child has a sexually
transmitted disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS),
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or infection with any other
probable causative agent of AIDS. The Court may direct the child to
undergo the procedure or test on the court's own motion or on the
request of the victim of the delinquent conduct.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
petition alleging delinquent conduct filed on or after the
effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the delinquent
conduct occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.