Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.305 · Subchapter G. FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM
PAYMENT OF COSTS FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL CARE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney general shall make a payment to a victim of a sexual assault or on behalf of a victim of a sexual assault for the reasonable costs incurred for medical care that is provided to the victim as described by Article 56A.304(a).
(b) The attorney general shall make a payment under Subsection (a) in accordance with the medical fee guidelines prescribed by Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code. A payment made under Subsection (a) may not exceed $25,000.
(c) Neither the attorney general nor a victim of a sexual assault is liable for costs incurred for medical care that:
(1) exceed the medical fee guidelines described by Subsection (b); or
(2) is not medically necessary.
(d) The Health and Human Services Commission may contract with a third-party vendor or other entity to provide health care providers access to prescription drugs for purposes of medical care described by Subsection (a).
(e) The attorney general may deny or reduce a payment under Subsection (a) to the extent that the amount otherwise proposed for reimbursement is recouped from a collateral source.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.05, eff. January 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2706), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1401), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2023.
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