Texas § HS.841.023 - ASSESSMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITY
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§ HS.841.023. ASSESSMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITY
ASSESSMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITY. (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date of a recommendation under Section 841.022 (c), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall assess whether the person suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. To aid in the assessment, the department shall use an expert to examine the person. The department may contract for the expert services required by this subsection. The expert shall make a clinical assessment based on testing for psychopathy, a clinical interview, and other appropriate assessments and techniques to aid the department in its assessment. (b) If as a result of the assessment the Texas Department of Criminal Justice believes that the person suffers from a behavioral abnormality, not later than the 60th day after the date of a recommendation under Section 841.022 (c) the department shall give notice of that assessment and provide corresponding documentation to the attorney representing the state for the county in which the person was most recently convicted of a sexually violent offense. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 4.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1201 (S.B. 166 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 845 (S.B. 746 ), Sec. 6, eff. June 17, 2015. SUBCHAPTER C. PETITION ALLEGING PREDATOR STATUS
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Section HS.841.023 ("ASSESSMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITY") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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