88R7383 MZM-D     By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2051       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the compilation and reporting of statistics involving   sexual assault victims who receive a forensic medical examination   before reporting the assault to law enforcement.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 56A.3031 to read as   follows:          Art. 56A.3031.  DELAYED REPORTING BY SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS;   COMPILATION OF STATISTICS. (a)  In this article, "department"   means the Department of Public Safety.           (b)  The department shall compile and maintain statistics on   the number of victims of sexual assault in each calendar year who   have reported the sexual assault to a law enforcement agency after   receiving a forensic medical examination under Article 56A.303,   regardless of the year in which that examination was performed.     Statistics compiled and maintained under this subsection may not   include identifying information of a victim.          (c)  Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year,   the department shall:                (1)  report the statistics compiled by the department   under Subsection (b) to the standing committees of the house of   representatives and senate with primary jurisdiction over criminal   justice issues; and                 (2)  post the statistics compiled by the department   under Subsection (b) on the department's Internet website.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.