Bill Text: TX SB1147 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to conditions of community supervision applicable to certain intoxication offenses.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1147 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1147-Introduced.html

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86R8653 LHC-F
By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1147

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to conditions of community supervision applicable to
certain intoxication offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 42A.402, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) If the evaluation conducted under Subsection (d)
indicates to the judge that the defendant would likely benefit from
medication-assisted treatment approved by the United States Food
and Drug Administration for alcohol dependence, the judge shall
require as a condition of community supervision that the defendant
submit to an evaluation by a licensed physician to determine
whether the defendant would benefit from medication-assisted
treatment. Only a licensed physician may recommend that a defendant
participate in medication-assisted treatment. A defendant is
entitled to refuse to participate in medication-assisted
treatment, and a judge may not require as a condition of community
supervision that the defendant participate in medication-assisted
treatment.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
defendant placed on community supervision on or after the effective
date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for which the
defendant was placed on community supervision was committed before,
on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.