19 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.5 - Reporting Required for Certain Incidents
(a) An
employee of a postsecondary educational institution who, in the course and
scope of employment, witnesses or receives information regarding the occurrence
of an incident that the employee reasonably believes constitutes sexual
harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking and is alleged to have
been committed by or against a person who was a student enrolled at or an
employee of the institution at the time of the incident shall promptly report
the incident to the institution's Title IX coordinator or deputy Title IX
coordinator.
(1) The employee's duty to
report an incident begins on the effective date of these regulations or January
1, 2020, whichever is later;
(2)
The employee is required to report an incident regardless of when or where the
incident occurred; and
(3)
Institutions may establish additional reporting avenues to comply with this
section provided that the reports are promptly routed to the Title IX
coordinator or deputy Title IX coordinator.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the
report must include all information concerning the incident known to the
reporting person that is relevant to the investigation and, if applicable,
redress of the incident, including whether an alleged victim has expressed a
desire for confidentiality in reporting the incident.
(c) In making a report under this section,
(1) the employees of a postsecondary
educational institution identified below shall only report as follows:
(A) absent consent from the reporting
student, an employee designated by the institution as a person with whom
students may speak confidentially concerning sexual harassment, sexual assault,
dating violence, or stalking shall only state the type of incident reported and
may not include any information that would violate a student's expectation of
privacy;
(B) absent consent from
the reporting individual, an employee who receives information regarding an
incident of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking
under circumstances that render the employee's communications confidential or
privileged under other law shall only state the type of incident reported and
may not include any information that would violate an expectation of privacy;
or
(C) absent consent from the
victim(s), an employee who receives information regarding an incident of sexual
harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking in the course and
scope of employment as a healthcare provider, mental health care provider, or
other medical provider shall only state the type of incident reported and may
not include any information that would violate an expectation of
privacy.
(2) This
subsection does not affect the employee's duty to report an incident under any
other law, including but not limited to, the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus
Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (20
U.S.C. Section 1092(f)),
Texas Family Code Section 261.101, or Health and Safety Code Section 611.004.
When multiple confidential employees receive information about the same
incident (e.g. student health center or counseling center), only a single
report stating the type of incident is required.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person
is not required to make a report under this section concerning:
(1) an incident in which the person was a
victim of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or
stalking;
(2) an incident of which
the person received information due to a disclosure made at a sexual
harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking public awareness event
sponsored by a postsecondary educational institution or by a student
organization affiliated with the institution; or
(3) a sexual harassment, sexual assault,
dating violence, or stalking incident in which the person has either learned of
the incident during the course of their institution's review or process or has
confirmed with the person or office overseeing the review or process, that the
incident has been previously reported.
(e) A person acting in good faith who reports
or assists in the investigation of a report of an incident described by this
section or who testifies or otherwise participates in a disciplinary process or
judicial proceeding arising from a report of such an incident may not be
subjected to any disciplinary action by the postsecondary educational
institution at which the person is enrolled or employed for any violation by
the person of the institution's policy or code of conduct reasonably related to
the incident for which suspension or expulsion from the institution is not a
possible punishment.
(f) Subsection
(e) does not apply to a person who perpetrates or assists in the perpetration
of the incident reported under this section.
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