TITLE: Relating to testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) upon the filing of a petition alleging delinquent conduct.

SUMMARY: Relating to testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) upon the filing of a petition alleging delinquent conduct.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) upon the filing of a petition alleging delinquent conduct. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 54.033, Texas Family Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A child found at the conclusion of an adjudication hearing under Section 54.03 of this code alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct by a petition filed under 53.04 or 53.045, or a petition filed under 54.02 of this code that included a violation of Sections 21.11(a)(1), 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, shall undergo a medical procedure or test at the direction of the juvenile court designed to show or help show whether the child has a sexually transmitted disease, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or infection with any other probable causative agent of AIDS. The Court may direct the child to undergo the procedure or test on the court's own motion or on the request of the victim of the delinquent conduct. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a petition alleging delinquent conduct filed on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the delinquent conduct occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.