| 1 | 1 | | 84R1302 MEW-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rose, Keough H.B. No. 210 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to victim-offender mediation services offered by the |
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| 8 | 8 | | victim services division of the Texas Department of Criminal |
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| 9 | 9 | | Justice. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Article 56.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Art. 56.13. VICTIM-OFFENDER MEDIATION. The victim services |
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| 14 | 14 | | division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall, in |
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| 15 | 15 | | accordance with any policies adopted by the division: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) train volunteers to act as mediators between |
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| 17 | 17 | | victims, guardians of victims, and close relatives of deceased |
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| 18 | 18 | | victims and offenders whose criminal conduct caused bodily injury |
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| 19 | 19 | | or death to victims; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) provide mediation services through referral of a |
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| 21 | 21 | | trained volunteer, if requested by a victim, guardian of a victim, |
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| 22 | 22 | | or close relative of a deceased victim. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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