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Amend CSSB 837 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Article 46C.052, Code 
of Criminal Procedure (Senate committee printing, page 1, line 60), 
strike "46C.051(b)" and substitute "46C.051".
	(2)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Article 46C.103, Code 
of Criminal Procedure (Senate committee printing, page 2, lines 
58-60), strike Subsection (b) and substitute the following:
	(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an expert may not 
examine the defendant for purposes of determining the defendant's 
sanity and may not file a report regarding the defendant's sanity if 
in the opinion of the expert the defendant is incompetent to 
proceed.
	(3)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in the heading to added Article 
46C.160, Code of Criminal Procedure (Senate committee printing, 
page 4, line 63), strike "FURTHER DETENTION OF ACQUITTED PERSON" 
and substitute "DETENTION PENDING FURTHER PROCEEDINGS".
	(4)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Paragraph (A), 
Subdivision (2), Article 46C.254, Code of Criminal Procedure 
(Senate committee printing, page 6, line 68), between "outpatient" 
and "community-based", insert "or".
	(5)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Subsection (d), 
Article 46C.263, Code of Criminal Procedure (Senate committee 
printing, page 10, lines 20-21), strike "the appropriate community 
supervision and corrections department or".
	(6)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Subsection (a), 
Article 46C.267, Code of Criminal Procedure (Senate committee 
printing, page 11, line 27), strike "46C.256(b)" and substitute 
"46C.266".
	(7)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Subdivision (1), 
Subsection (a), Section 533.0095, Health and Safety Code (Senate 
committee printing, page 13, line 14), between "Chapter 574" and 
the semicolon, insert "or under Chapter 46C, Code of Criminal 
Procedure".
	(8)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Subdivision (2), 
Subsection (a), Section 533.0095, Health and Safety Code (Senate 
committee printing, page 13, line 16), between "Chapter 593" and 
the semicolon, insert "or under Chapter 46C, Code of Criminal 
Procedure".
	(9)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Subsection (b), 
Section 533.0095, Health and Safety Code (Senate committee 
printing, page 13, lines 20-21), strike "the facility to which the 
defendant is committed" and substitute "any facility to which the 
person is committed, the length of the person's commitment to the 
facility, and any post-release outcome".
	(10)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, following added Section 
533.0095, Health and Safety Code (Senate committee printing, page 
13, between lines 21 and 22), insert the following:

	(c)  The department shall file annually with the presiding 
officer of each house of the legislature a written report 
containing the name of each person described by Subsection (a), the 
name and address of any facility to which the person is committed, 
the length of the person's commitment to the facility, and any 
post-release outcome.