Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 56A.304 — PAYMENT OF FEES RELATED TO EXAMINATION

CR § 56A.304Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 56A. RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS · Art. G. FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM

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(a)On application to the attorney general and subject to Article 56A.305(e), a health care provider that provides a forensic medical examination to a sexual assault survivor in accordance with this subchapter, or the sexual assault examiner or sexual assault nurse examiner who conducts that examination in accordance with this subchapter, as applicable, is entitled to be reimbursed in an amount set by attorney general rule for:

(1)the reasonable costs of the forensic portion of that examination;

(2)the evidence collection kit; and

(3)the reasonable costs of other medical care provided to the victim during the forensic medical examination in accordance with Subchapters A and B, Chapter 323, Health and Safety Code, and of any prescribed continuing medical care that is related to the sexual assault and provided to the victim during the 30-day period following that examination, including medication and medical testing.

(b)The application under Subsection (a) must be in the form and manner prescribed by the attorney general and must include:

(1)certification that the examination was conducted in accordance with the requirements of Article 56A.303(a); and

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Legislative history

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 817 (H.B. 2462), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2706), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 4.012(b), eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1401), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 365 (H.B. 47), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.