86R3063 ADM-D
By: Price H.B. No. 599
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the delivery of certain mental health records of a
defendant to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8(c), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(c) A county that transfers a defendant to the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice under this article shall also
deliver to the designated officer any presentence or postsentence
investigation report, revocation report, psychological or
psychiatric evaluation of the defendant, including a written
assessment provided to a court under Article 16.22(a)(1)(B) or an
evaluation prepared for the juvenile court before transferring the
defendant to criminal court and contained in the criminal
prosecutor's file, and available social or psychological
background information relating to the defendant and may deliver to
the designated officer any additional information upon which the
judge or jury bases the punishment decision.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.