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Senate Bill 1147 |
Senate Author: Buckingham et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
House Sponsor: White |
Senate Bill 1147 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize a judge to require a defendant who is convicted of certain intoxication offenses and granted community supervision to submit to an evaluation by a licensed physician to determine whether the defendant would benefit from medication‑assisted treatment for alcohol dependence. A defendant is entitled to refuse to participate in such treatment and a judge may not require the defendant to participate as a condition of community supervision.