Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to disclosure of psychological test material
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2022
- Done: House committeeFebruary 9, 2022
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who have psychological test results can share them if they are requested during a lawsuit about a person's mental abilities. If a lawsuit involves sexual abuse, a court must keep those test results private and prevent them from being shared with anyone not involved in the case.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to disclosures of psychological test material. The bill allows a person in possession of psychological test material, unless otherwise ordered by a court, to disclose the psychological test material of an individual if a demand for psychological test material has been made pursuant to a discovery request or a subpoena issued in litigation in a civil action and the cognitive abilities of the individual who is the subject of the test are at issue in the litigation. The bill provides that a court shall seal psychological test material by a protective order and bar such material from disclosure to any person not directly involved in the litigation if, in a civil action involving sexual abuse, the court receives such material from the subject of the test.
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