By: Krause, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 3387
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2015;
  May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
  Justice; May 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
  May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3387 By:  Whitmire
 
 
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 after conducting a
  hearing that allows the releasee to contest the evidence, 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.
 
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