Estatutos Seleccionados: Texas

(a) A person commits an offense if, without the other person’s consent and with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, the person:
 

(1) touches the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of another person;
 

(2) touches another person with the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of any person;
 

(3) exposes or attempts to expose another person’s genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks, or female areola; or
 

(4) causes another person to contact the blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of any person.
 

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is:
 

(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that:
 

(A) the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, other than an offense punishable under Paragraph (B); or
 

(B) the defendant is a health care services provider or a mental health services provider and the act is:
 

(i) committed during the course of providing a treatment or service to the victim; and
 

(ii) beyond the scope of generally accepted practices for the treatment or service; or
 

(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this section that is punishable under Subdivision (1)(B).
 

(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
 

(d) In this section, “health care services provider” and “mental health services provider” have the meanings assigned by Section 22.011.