Bill Text: TX SB779 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to access to certain medical test results in a criminal proceeding; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-26 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB779 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB779-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to access to certain medical test results in a criminal proceeding; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-26 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB779 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB779-Introduced.html
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By: Huffman | S.B. No. 779 |
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relating to the access to certain medical test results by a grand | ||
jury. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 81.103(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A test result is confidential and is not subject to a | ||
subpoena, other than a grand jury subpoena. A person that possesses | ||
or has knowledge of a test result may not release or disclose the | ||
test result or allow the test result to become known except as | ||
provided by this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |