Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.506 — Community supervision for defendant with mental impairment
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 42A: COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.506
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
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.
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