Sec. 261.314.  TESTING.  (a)  The department shall provide testing as necessary for the welfare of a child who the department believes, after an investigation under this chapter, has been sexually abused, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing of a child who was abused in a manner by which HIV may be transmitted.
(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the results of a test under this section are confidential.
(c)  If requested, the department shall report the results of a test under this section to:
(1)  a court having jurisdiction of a proceeding involving the child or a proceeding involving a person suspected of abusing the child;
(2)  a person responsible for the care and custody of the child as a foster parent;  and
(3)  a person seeking to adopt the child.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 943, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.