Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 40.084 · Subchapter C. GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT
RETENTION OF GENETIC MATERIAL AND GENETIC INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid.
(2) "Genetic information" means information related to the genetic characteristics of an individual or the individual's family that is derived from the results of a genetic analysis.
(3) "Genetic material" means blood or another specimen that contains DNA.
(4) "Genetic test" means an analysis of an individual's genetic material to determine paternity.
(5) "Testing laboratory" means any entity the department contracts with for the provision of laboratory services, including genetic testing.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department and any testing laboratory used by the department shall promptly destroy any genetic material and delete any genetic information obtained from an individual for the purpose of a genetic test after the purpose for which the sample was obtained is accomplished.
(c) The department shall retain the results of a genetic test. The results of a genetic test are confidential under Section 40.005.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 656 (H.B. 4377), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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