89R8221 MCF-D
By: AnchÃa H.B. No. 2854
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a
condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for
certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages
resulting from those visits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Pokuaa-Flowers Act.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 508.193 to read as follows:
Sec. 508.193. REQUIRED APPROVAL OF CERTAIN HOSPITAL VISITS.
(a) A parole panel that requires a releasee serving a sentence for
an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal
Procedure, or for which the judgment contains an affirmative
finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of Criminal
Procedure, to submit to electronic monitoring as a condition of
release on parole or to mandatory supervision shall, as an
additional condition of release, prohibit the releasee from
visiting a general hospital, as defined by Section 241.003, Health
and Safety Code, for a purpose other than to receive medical
treatment, as defined by Section 313.002, Health and Safety Code,
including emergency medical care, unless the parole officer
supervising the releasee approves the releasee's request to visit
the hospital prior to the visit.
(b) A releasee's request to visit a general hospital must
specify the date and time of the intended visit and the reason for
the visit.
(c) A parole officer who approves a visit under Subsection
(a) shall promptly notify the chief law enforcement officer for the
general hospital, or a local law enforcement agency if the general
hospital does not employ any peace officers, of the date and time of
the releasee's intended visit.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, a general hospital is not
liable to a patient or another person for damages resulting from a
visit by a releasee described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 3. Section 508.193, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a person who is released on parole or to
mandatory supervision on or after the effective date of this Act. A
person who is released on parole or to mandatory supervision before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at
the time of release, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.