By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1147
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to conditions of community supervision applicable to
  certain intoxication offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 42A.402, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  If, based on the evaluation conducted under Subsection
  (d), the judge determines that the defendant would likely benefit
  from medication-assisted treatment approved by the United States
  Food and Drug Administration for alcohol dependence, the judge may
  require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant
  submit to an evaluation by a licensed physician to determine
  whether the defendant would benefit from medication-assisted
  treatment.  Only a licensed physician may recommend that a
  defendant participate in medication-assisted treatment.  A
  defendant is entitled to refuse to participate in
  medication-assisted treatment, and a judge may not require as a
  condition of community supervision that the defendant participate
  in medication-assisted treatment. 
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a
  defendant placed on community supervision on or after the effective
  date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the
  defendant was placed on community supervision was committed before,
  on, or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.