Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.205 · Subchapter E. VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR; CRIME VICTIM LIAISON
PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING FOR CERTAIN JURORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A commissioners court may approve a program in which a crime victim liaison or victim assistance coordinator may offer not more than 10 hours of post-investigation or posttrial psychological counseling for a person who:
(1) serves as a grand juror, alternate grand juror, juror, or alternate juror in a grand jury investigation or criminal trial involving graphic evidence or testimony; and
(2) requests the counseling not later than the 180th day after the date on which the grand jury or jury is dismissed.
(b) The crime victim liaison or victim assistance coordinator may provide the counseling using a provider that assists local criminal justice agencies in providing similar services to victims.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.05, eff. January 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.56A.htm
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