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