{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.314","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 261.314","heading":"TESTING.","body":"(a) The department shall provide testing as necessary for the welfare of a child who the department believes, after an investigation under this chapter, has been sexually abused, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing of a child who was abused in a manner by which HIV may be transmitted.\n(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the results of a test under this section are confidential.\n(c) If requested, the department shall report the results of a test under this section to:\n(1) a court having jurisdiction of a proceeding involving the child or a proceeding involving a person suspected of abusing the child;\n(2) a person responsible for the care and custody of the child as a foster parent; and\n(3) a person seeking to adopt the child.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 943, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD","CHAPTER 261. INVESTIGATION OF REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT","SUBCHAPTER D. INVESTIGATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.261.htm#261.314","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"454f8b0eb0933e08f47e2b4d52ecb366dd93c4738802eb6e3431d0957c5af3c8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.3126","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-261.315"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}