Tex.
Fam. Code Section 54.033
Sexually Transmitted Disease, Aids, and Hiv Testing
(a)
A child found at the conclusion of an adjudication hearing under Section 54.03 (Adjudication Hearing) of this code to have engaged in delinquent conduct that included a violation of Sections 21.11 (Indecency with a Child)(a)(1), 22.011 (Sexual Assault), or 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault), 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) infection, antibodies to 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.(b)
If the child or another person who has the power to consent to medical treatment for the child refuses to submit voluntarily or consent to the procedure or test, the court shall require the child to submit to the procedure or test.(c)
The person performing the procedure or test shall make the test results available to the local health authority. The local health authority shall be required to notify the victim of the delinquent conduct and the person found to have engaged in the delinquent conduct of the test result.(d)
The state may not use the fact that a medical procedure or test was performed on a child under this section or use the results of the procedure or test in any proceeding arising out of the delinquent conduct.(e)
Testing under this section shall be conducted in accordance with written infectious disease control protocols adopted by the Texas Board of Health that clearly establish procedural guidelines that provide criteria for testing and that respect the rights of the child and the victim of the delinquent conduct.(f)
Nothing in this section allows a court to release a test result to anyone other than a person specifically authorized under this section. Section 81.103 (Confidentiality; Criminal Penalty)(d), Health and Safety Code, may not be construed to allow the disclosure of test results under this section except as provided by this section.
Source:
Section 54.033 — Sexually Transmitted Disease, Aids, and Hiv Testing, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.54.htm#54.033 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
