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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to conditions of community supervision applicable to |
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certain intoxication offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 42A.402, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) If, based on the evaluation conducted under Subsection |
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(d), the judge determines that the defendant would likely benefit |
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from medication-assisted treatment approved by the United States |
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Food and Drug Administration for alcohol dependence, the judge may |
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require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant |
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submit to an evaluation by a licensed physician to determine |
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whether the defendant would benefit from medication-assisted |
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treatment. Only a licensed physician may recommend that a |
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defendant participate in medication-assisted treatment. A |
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defendant is entitled to refuse to participate in |
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medication-assisted treatment, and a judge may not require as a |
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condition of community supervision that the defendant participate |
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in medication-assisted treatment. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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defendant placed on community supervision on or after the effective |
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date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the |
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defendant was placed on community supervision was committed before, |
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on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |