Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 42A.506 — COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR DEFENDANT WITH MENTAL IMPAIRMENT

CR § 42A.506Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 42A. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION · Art. K. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN OTHER OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS

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If the judge places a defendant on community supervision and the defendant is determined to be a person with mental illness or a person with an intellectual disability, as provided by Article 16.22 or Chapter 46B or in a psychological evaluation conducted under Article 42A.253(a)(6), the judge may require the defendant as a condition of community supervision to submit to outpatient or inpatient mental health or intellectual disability treatment if:

(1)the defendant's:

(A)mental impairment is chronic in nature; or

(B)ability to function independently will continue to deteriorate if the defendant does not receive mental health or intellectual disability services; and

(2)the judge determines, in consultation with a local mental health or intellectual disability services provider, that mental health or intellectual disability services, as appropriate, are available for the defendant through:

(A)the Department of State Health Services or the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Section 534.053, Health and Safety Code; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2017.