Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 841.082
Commitment Requirements
(a)
Before entering an order directing a person’s civil commitment, the judge shall impose on the person requirements necessary to ensure the person’s compliance with treatment and supervision and to protect the community. The requirements shall include:(1)
requiring the person to reside where instructed by the office;(2)
prohibiting the person’s contact with a victim of the person;(3)
requiring the person’s participation in and compliance with the sex offender treatment program provided by the office and compliance with all written requirements imposed by the office;(4)
requiring the person to submit to appropriate supervision and:(A)
submit to tracking under a particular type of tracking service, if the person:(i)
while residing at a civil commitment center, leaves the center for any reason;(ii)
is in one of the two most restrictive tiers of treatment, as determined by the office;(iii)
is on disciplinary status, as determined by the office; or(iv)
resides in the community; and(B)
if required to submit to tracking under Paragraph (A), refrain from tampering with, altering, modifying, obstructing, removing, or manipulating the tracking equipment; and(5)
prohibiting the person from leaving the state without prior authorization from the office.(b)
A tracking service to which a person is required to submit under Subsection (a)(4) must:(1)
track the person’s location in real time;(2)
be able to provide a real-time report of the person’s location to the office on request; and(3)
periodically provide a cumulative report of the person’s location to the office.(c)
The judge shall provide a copy of the requirements imposed under Subsection (a) to the person and to the office. The office shall provide a copy of those requirements to the case manager and to the service providers.(d)
The committing court retains jurisdiction of the case with respect to a proceeding conducted under this subchapter, other than a criminal proceeding involving an offense under Section 841.085 (Criminal Penalty; Prosecution of Offense), or to a civil commitment proceeding conducted under Subchapters F and G.(e)
The requirements imposed under Subsection (a) may be modified by the committing court at any time after notice to each affected party to the proceedings and a hearing.
Source:
Section 841.082 — Commitment Requirements, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.841.htm#841.082 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).
