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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to sex offender treatment as a condition of parole or |
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mandatory supervision for certain releasees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 508.193 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.193. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT. (a) A parole panel |
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shall require as a condition of release on parole or release to |
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mandatory supervision that an inmate participate as a releasee in a |
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sex offender treatment program if: |
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(1) the releasee is convicted of a sex offense as |
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defined in Chapter 21 of the penal code or required to register as a |
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sex offender pursuant to Chapter 62 of the code of criminal |
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procedure, and |
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(2) immediately before release is a participant in a |
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sex offender treatment or education program established under |
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Section 501.0931. |
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(b) The department shall develop the sex offender treatment |
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program. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 508, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 508.228 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 508.228. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT. (a) A parole panel |
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may require as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision that a |
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releasee attend sex offender treatment as specified by the parole |
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panel when the releasee: |
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(1) was convicted of a sex offense as defined in |
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Chapter 21 of the penal code; or |
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(2) required to register as a sex offender pursuant to |
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Chapter 62 of the code of criminal procedure. |
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(b) A parole panel may require as a condition of parole or |
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mandatory supervision that a releasee attend sex offender treatment |
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as specified by the parole panel: |
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(1) on evidence that a sex offense occurred during the |
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commission of the offense for which the releasee was convicted; and |
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(2) upon an affirmative finding by a designated agent |
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of the board. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 508.193 and 508.228, Government Code, |
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as added by this Act, apply only to a decision of a parole panel made |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. A decision of a parole |
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panel made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the decision was made, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |