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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.062
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Art. 63.062 CONFIDENTIALITY
Chapter 63: Missing Children and Missing Persons
Rule Text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the results of a forensic DNA analysis performed by the center are confidential.
(b) The center may disclose the results of a forensic DNA analysis only to:
(1) personnel of the center;
(2) law enforcement agencies;
(3) justices of the peace, coroners, medical examiners, or other law enforcement entities submitting a sample to the center under Article 63.056;
(4) attorneys representing the state; and
(5) a parent or other appropriate person voluntarily providing a DNA sample or an article under Article 63.057.
Amendment history: Transferred from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 105 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 319 (S.B. 651), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.