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Amend CSHB 867 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ___. STATE ASSISTANCE TO SEX OFFENDERS.
SECTION ___.01. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 531.078 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.078. CERTAIN MEDICATION FOR SEX OFFENDERS
PROHIBITED. (a) To the maximum extent allowable under federal law,
the commission may not provide sexual performance enhancing
medication under the Medicaid vendor drug program or any other
health and human services program to a person required to register
as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) The executive commissioner of the health and human
services commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement this
section.