84R20609 MEW-D
 
  By: Krause, Murphy, White of Tyler, Fallon H.B. No. 3387
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to sex offender treatment as a condition of parole or
  mandatory supervision for certain releasees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 508.1862 to read as follows:
         Sec. 508.1862.  SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT. A parole panel
  shall require as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory
  supervision that a releasee participate in a sex offender treatment
  program developed by the department if:
               (1)  the releasee:
                     (A)  was serving a sentence for an offense under
  Chapter 21, Penal Code; or
                     (B)  is required to register as a sex offender
  under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
               (2)  immediately before release, the releasee is
  participating in a sex offender treatment program established under
  Section 499.054.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 508.228 to read as follows:
         Sec. 508.228.  SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT.  A parole panel may
  require as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory
  supervision that a releasee participate in a sex offender treatment
  program as specified by the parole panel if:
               (1)  the releasee:
                     (A)  was serving a sentence for an offense under
  Chapter 21, Penal Code; or
                     (B)  is required to register as a sex offender
  under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
               (2)  a designated agent of the board, on evidence that a
  sex offense occurred during the commission of the offense for which
  the releasee was serving a sentence, makes an affirmative finding
  that, regardless of the offense for which the releasee was serving a
  sentence, the releasee constitutes a threat to society because of
  the releasee's lack of sexual control.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 508.1862 and 508.228, Government Code,
  as added by this Act, apply only to a decision of a parole panel made
  on or after the effective date of this Act. A decision of a parole
  panel made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
  law in effect on the date the decision was made, and the former law
  is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.