Bill Text: TX SB613 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to services provided by the Health and Human Services Commission to sexually violent offenders who are incompetent to attend sex offender treatment.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB613 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB613-Enrolled.html
 
 
  S.B. No. 613
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to services provided by the Health and Human Services
  Commission to sexually violent offenders who are incompetent to
  attend sex offender treatment.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 841.0835, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 841.0835.  COMMITTED PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.  
  (a)  The Health and Human Services Commission, after coordination
  [shall coordinate] with the office, shall [to] provide psychiatric
  services, disability services, and housing for a committed person
  with an intellectual or developmental disability, a mental illness,
  or a physical disability that prevents the person from effectively
  participating in the sex offender treatment program administered by
  the office.
         (b)  For a committed person who the office has determined is
  unable to effectively participate in the sex offender treatment
  program because the person's mental illness prevents the person
  from understanding and internalizing the concepts presented by the
  program's treatment material, the Health and Human Services
  Commission shall provide inpatient mental health services until the
  person is able to participate effectively in the sex offender
  treatment program.
         (c)  A person who is adjudicated as a sexually violent
  predator under this chapter and who has a mental illness that
  prevents the person from effectively participating in a sex
  offender treatment program presents a substantial risk of serious
  harm to the person or others for purposes of Chapter 574.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 613 passed the Senate on
  April 4, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 613 passed the House on
  May 21, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 3, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor
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