78R3109 EMT-D

By:  Talton                                                       H.B. No. 679



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to 
inform certain inmates of their right to request to undergo an 
orchiectomy.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 501.061, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  The institutional division shall inform each inmate 
who meets the requirements of Subsections (a)(1), (2), and (7) that 
the inmate may request to undergo an orchiectomy under this 
section.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.