By: Krause H.B. No. 3387
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. Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 508.193 to read as follows:
Sec. 508.193. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT. (a) A parole panel
shall require as a condition of release on parole or release to
mandatory supervision that an inmate participate as a releasee in a
sex offender treatment program if:
(1) the releasee is convicted of a sex offense as
defined in Chapter 21 of the penal code or required to register as a
sex offender pursuant to Chapter 62 of the code of criminal
procedure, and
(2) immediately before release is a participant in a
sex offender treatment or education program established under
Section 501.0931.
(b) The department shall develop the sex offender treatment
program.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 508.228 to read as follows:
Sec. 508.228. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT. (a) A parole panel
may require as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision that a
releasee attend sex offender treatment as specified by the parole
panel when the releasee:
(1) was convicted of a sex offense as defined in
Chapter 21 of the penal code; or
(2) required to register as a sex offender pursuant to
Chapter 62 of the code of criminal procedure.
(b) A parole panel may require as a condition of parole or
mandatory supervision that a releasee attend sex offender treatment
as specified by the parole panel:
(1) on evidence that a sex offense occurred during the
commission of the offense for which the releasee was convicted; and
(2) upon an affirmative finding by a designated agent
of the board.
SECTION 3. Sections 508.193 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.