Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 42A.560 — MEDICAL RELEASE

CR § 42A.560Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 42A. COMMUNITY SUPERVISION · Art. L. STATE JAIL FELONY COMMUNITY SUPERVISION

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(a)If a defendant is convicted of a state jail felony and the sentence is executed, the judge sentencing the defendant may release the defendant to a medically suitable placement if the judge determines that the defendant does not constitute a threat to public safety and the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments:

(1)in coordination with the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, prepares a case summary and medical report that identifies the defendant as:

(A)being a person who is elderly or terminally ill or a person with a physical disability;

(B)being a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability; or

(C)having a condition requiring long-term care; and

(2)in cooperation with the community supervision and corrections department serving the sentencing court, prepares for the defendant a medically recommended intensive supervision and continuity of care plan that:

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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.