Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.506 · Subchapter K. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN OTHER OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR DEFENDANT WITH MENTAL IMPAIRMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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
(B) another mental health or intellectual disability services provider.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2017.
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 16.22EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF DEFENDANT SUSPECTED OF HAVING MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.Printed as Article 16.22
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.253CONTENTS OF PRESENTENCE REPORT.Printed as Article 42A.253(a)(6)
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. ch. 46BINCOMPETENCY TO STAND TRIALPrinted as Chapter 46B
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