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Senate Bill 166 |
Senate Author: Shapiro |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Madden et al. |
Senate Bill 166 amends the Government Code to create the Office of Violent Sex Offender Management as a state agency and transfers to the office the functions of the Council on Sex Offender Treatment that relate to the sex offender civil commitment program. The bill sets outs provisions relating to the transfer of the program, provides that the office is administratively attached to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), and makes the office subject to the Texas Sunset Act. The office is required to prepare and make publicly available information of public interest describing its functions and complaint procedures and is required to submit a biennial report concerning the operation of the office to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives.
Senate Bill 166 amends the Health and Safety Code to revise the composition of the multidisciplinary team jointly established by the executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the commissioner of DSHS to review available records of a potential predator set to be released from confinement and the requirements imposed on a person by a judge before the judge enters an order directing the person's outpatient civil commitment. The bill raises the cap on the annual compensation a treatment provider is authorized to receive for providing a treatment plan for a civilly committed sexually violent predator. The bill requires the office to enter into appropriate memoranda of understanding with local law enforcement authorities, in addition to the Department of Public Safety, for assistance in the preparation of criminal complaints, warrants, and related documents and in the apprehension and arrest of a person. The bill removes a provision regarding the council-provided supervision or tracking service required for a civilly committed sexually violent predator residing in Dallas, Harris, or Tarrant County. The bill removes a specified prohibition against housing a committed person for any period in a mental health facility, state school, or community center.
Senate Bill 166 requires a correctional facility, secure correctional facility, or secure detention facility to notify in writing the case manager of a person who has been civilly committed as a sexually violent predator and who is detained or confined in such a facility as a result of violating a commitment requirement or other state law of the anticipated date and time of the person's release not later than the day preceding the date the facility releases the person.