83R9903 JRR-F
By: Sheffield of Coryell H.B. No. 3210
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to sex offender treatment as a condition of parole or
mandatory supervision for certain releasees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.045(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) A parole panel may:
(1) grant, deny, or revoke parole;
(2) revoke mandatory supervision; [and]
(3) conduct parole revocation hearings and mandatory
supervision revocation hearings; and
(4) conduct hearings regarding the imposition of
conditions of release applicable to sex offenders, as appropriate,
for inmates not convicted of a sex offense.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 508.1862 to read as follows:
Sec. 508.1862. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT. A parole panel
shall require as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory
supervision that a releasee required to register as a sex offender
under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, participate in a sex
offender treatment program developed by the department.
SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 508.228 to read as follows:
Sec. 508.228. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT; SEX OFFENDER
CONDITIONS HEARING. (a) A parole panel may require as a condition
of release on parole or to mandatory supervision that a releasee
participate in a sex offender treatment program as specified by the
parole panel.
(b) A parole panel or a designated agent of the board must
conduct a hearing under rules adopted by the board before requiring
sex offender treatment for a releasee who has not been convicted of
an offense requiring registration as a sex offender under Chapter
62, Code of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 4. Sections 508.1862 and 508.228, Government Code,
as added by this Act, apply only to a decision of a parole panel made
on or after the effective date of this Act. A decision of a parole
panel made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect on the date the decision was made, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.