79R3508 MFC-D

By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 694



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring notice to the prosecuting attorney before a 
parole panel determines whether to release an inmate on medically 
recommended intensive supervision.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 508.146, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
	(e-1)  Not later than the 10th day before the date the Texas 
Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments 
presents information concerning an inmate to a parole panel to 
determine whether to release the inmate on medically recommended 
intensive supervision, the office shall notify by mail or fax the 
attorney who represented the state in the prosecution of the 
inmate's case, or that attorney's successor, that a parole panel is 
considering the inmate's release on medically recommended 
intensive supervision and that the attorney has 10 days from the 
date the letter or fax is sent to provide the office with relevant 
information concerning the inmate and the inmate's suitability for 
release under this section.  If the office receives information 
under this subsection, the office shall forward that information to 
the parole panel for consideration.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section 
508.146, Government Code, applies to any release of an inmate under 
that section on or after September 1, 2005.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.