S.B. No. 843         AN ACT   relating to disclosure and use of certain information regarding the   Crime Victims' Compensation Act.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 56.65 to read as follows:          Art. 56.65.  DISCLOSURE AND USE OF INFORMATION. (a)  This   article does not apply to information made confidential by law.          (b)  An application for compensation under this subchapter   and any information, document, summary, or other record provided to   or received, maintained, or created by the attorney general under   this subchapter is:                (1)  except as provided by Section 552.132(c),   Government Code, not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552 of   that code; and                (2)  except as provided by Subsection (c), not subject   to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal   compulsion for release.          (c)  The attorney general may not release or disclose an   application for compensation under this subchapter, or any   information, document, summary, or other record provided to or   received, maintained, or created by the attorney general under this   subchapter, except:                (1)  by court order for good cause shown, if the order   includes a finding that the information is not available from any   other source;                (2)  with the consent of:                      (A)  the claimant or victim; or                      (B)  the person that provided the information to   the attorney general;                (3)  to an employee or other person under the direction   of the attorney general;                (4)  to another crime victims' compensation program   that meets the requirements of 42 U.S.C. Section 10602(b);                (5)  to a person authorized by the attorney general to   receive the information in order to:                      (A)  conduct an audit as required by state or   federal law;                      (B)  provide a review or examination under Article   56.38, 56.385, or 56.39 or under another provision of this   subchapter for the purpose of determining the appropriateness of an   award under this subchapter;                      (C)  prevent, deter, or punish fraud related to   this subchapter; or                      (D)  assert subrogation or restitution rights;                (6)  as the attorney general determines necessary to   enforce this chapter, including presenting the application,   information, document, summary, or record in court; or                (7)  in response to a subpoena that is issued in a   criminal proceeding and that requests an application for   compensation under this subchapter, subject to Subsection (d).          (d)  If responding to a subpoena described by Subsection   (c)(7), the attorney general shall release only the victim's   completed application form as described by Article 56.36(a) after   redacting any confidential information described by Section   552.132(b), Government Code.  The release of a victim's completed   application form under this subsection does not affect the   authority of the court to order the release or disclosure of   additional information under this article.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a request for information that is received on or after the   effective date of this Act.  A request for information that was   received before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law in effect on the date the request was received, and the former   law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 843 passed the Senate on   March 29, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 843 passed the House on   May 2, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, one present   not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor