| 1 | 1 | | 86R3063 ADM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Price H.B. No. 599 |
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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 the delivery of certain mental health records of a |
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| 8 | 8 | | defendant to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 8(c), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal |
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| 11 | 11 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) A county that transfers a defendant to the Texas |
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| 13 | 13 | | Department of Criminal Justice under this article shall also |
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| 14 | 14 | | deliver to the designated officer any presentence or postsentence |
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| 15 | 15 | | investigation report, revocation report, psychological or |
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| 16 | 16 | | psychiatric evaluation of the defendant, including a written |
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| 17 | 17 | | assessment provided to a court under Article 16.22(a)(1)(B) or an |
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| 18 | 18 | | evaluation prepared for the juvenile court before transferring the |
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| 19 | 19 | | defendant to criminal court and contained in the criminal |
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| 20 | 20 | | prosecutor's file, and available social or psychological |
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| 21 | 21 | | background information relating to the defendant and may deliver to |
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| 22 | 22 | | the designated officer any additional information upon which the |
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| 23 | 23 | | judge or jury bases the punishment decision. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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