Texas § 241.1031 PRESERVATION OF RECORD FROM FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

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§ 241.1031 — PRESERVATION OF RECORD FROM FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

Texas § 241.1031

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 241.1031 (2026).

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Sec. 241.1031. PRESERVATION OF RECORD FROM FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

(a)A hospital may not destroy a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G , Chapter 56A , Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.

(b)A hospital may maintain a medical record described by Subsection (a) in the same form in which the hospital maintains other medical records.

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Sec. 241.1031. PRESERVATION OF RECORD FROM FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION. (a) A hospital may not destroy a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G , Chapter 56A , Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.
(b) A hospital may maintain a medical record described by Subsection (a) in the same form in which the hospital maintains other medical records.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 357 (H.B. 531 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607 ), Sec. 10.003, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1401 ), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2023.