88R14211 MEW-D     By: Leach H.B. No. 4272       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the disclosure of certain documentation and records   concerning victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 56A.252, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:          (c-1)  For purposes of this subsection, "intimate parts" and   "visual material" have the meanings assigned by Section 21.16,   Penal Code. In providing documentation in support of additional   reimbursement under Subsection (c)(1)(B), a health care provider or   sexual assault examiner may redact any personally identifiable   information of a sexual assault survivor and withhold any visual   material depicting a sexual assault survivor with the survivor's   intimate parts exposed or otherwise depicting the survivor in an   intimate state.          SECTION 2.  Section 420.072, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:          (a-1)  For purposes of this subsection, "intimate parts" and   "visual material" have the meanings assigned by Section 21.16,   Penal Code. In disclosing a communication or record for purposes of   an audit, an evaluation, or research under Subsection (a)(5)(B), an   advocate or sexual assault program may redact any personally   identifiable information of a survivor and withhold any visual   material depicting a survivor with the survivor's intimate parts   exposed or otherwise depicting the survivor in an intimate state.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.