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House Bill 608 |
House Author: Castro et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Wentworth |
Current law authorizes a commissioners court to approve a program in which a crime victim liaison or victim assistance coordinator may offer not more than 10 hours of posttrial psychological counseling for a person who serves as a juror or an alternate juror in the trial of a certain violent or sexual offense involving graphic evidence or testimony. House Bill 608 amends provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Family Code to extend this posttrial psychological counseling to jurors and alternate jurors in any criminal trial or juvenile adjudication hearing involving graphic evidence or testimony.