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Amend CSHB 2725 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1)  Strike the recital of SECTION 16 of the bill, amending Article 46B.086(a), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 6, lines 60-61), and substitute "Articles 46B.086(a) and (c), Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:".
(2)  In SECTION 16 of the bill, after amended Article 46B.086(a), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 7, between lines 20 and 21), insert the following:
(c)  The court, after notice and after a hearing held not later than the 10th day after the motion to compel medication is filed [fifth day after the defendant is returned to the committing court], may authorize the director of the correctional facility or the program provider, as applicable, to have the medication administered to the defendant, by reasonable force if necessary. A hearing under this subsection may be conducted using an electronic broadcast system as provided by Article 46B.013.