{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.1031","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 241.1031","heading":"PRESERVATION OF RECORD FROM FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION.","body":"(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.\n(b) A hospital may maintain a medical record described by Subsection (a) in the same form in which the hospital maintains other medical records.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 357 (H.B. 531), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 10.003, eff. September 1, 2021.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1401), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 241. HOSPITALS","SUBCHAPTER E. STAFF, RECORDS, AND PLAN REVIEWS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.241.htm#241.1031","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"2ab888596d1a9f58b3a755a59e7a079f7683d9537d202deaf8709424a342f04d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.103","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-241.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}