Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 261.314 - Testing(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.(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the results of a test under this section are confidential.(c) If requested, the department shall report the results of a test under this section to: (1) a court having jurisdiction of a proceeding involving the child or a proceeding involving a person suspected of abusing the child;(2) a person responsible for the care and custody of the child as a foster parent; and(3) a person seeking to adopt the child.Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 943, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/1995.