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AN ACT
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relating to services provided by the Health and Human Services |
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Commission to sexually violent offenders who are incompetent to |
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attend sex offender treatment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 841.0835, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 841.0835. COMMITTED PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. |
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(a) The Health and Human Services Commission, after coordination |
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[shall coordinate] with the office, shall [to] provide psychiatric |
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services, disability services, and housing for a committed person |
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with an intellectual or developmental disability, a mental illness, |
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or a physical disability that prevents the person from effectively |
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participating in the sex offender treatment program administered by |
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the office. |
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(b) For a committed person who the office has determined is |
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unable to effectively participate in the sex offender treatment |
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program because the person's mental illness prevents the person |
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from understanding and internalizing the concepts presented by the |
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program's treatment material, the Health and Human Services |
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Commission shall provide inpatient mental health services until the |
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person is able to participate effectively in the sex offender |
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treatment program. |
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(c) A person who is adjudicated as a sexually violent |
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predator under this chapter and who has a mental illness that |
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prevents the person from effectively participating in a sex |
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offender treatment program presents a substantial risk of serious |
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harm to the person or others for purposes of Chapter 574. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 613 passed the Senate on |
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April 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 613 passed the House on |
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May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |