Section 42A.560 - Medical Release(a) If a defendant is convicted of a state jail felony and the sentence is executed, the judge sentencing the defendant may release the defendant to a medically suitable placement if the judge determines that the defendant does not constitute a threat to public safety and the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments: (1) in coordination with the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, prepares a case summary and medical report that identifies the defendant as: (A) being a person who is elderly or terminally ill or a person with a physical disability;(B) being a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability; or(C) having a condition requiring long-term care; and(2) in cooperation with the community supervision and corrections department serving the sentencing court, prepares for the defendant a medically recommended intensive supervision and continuity of care plan that: (A) ensures appropriate supervision of the defendant by the community supervision and corrections department; and(B) requires the defendant to remain under the care of a physician at and reside in a medically suitable placement.(b) The Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments shall submit to a judge who releases a defendant to an appropriate medical care facility under Subsection (a) a quarterly status report concerning the defendant's medical and treatment status.(c) If a defendant released to a medically suitable placement under Subsection (a) violates the terms of that release, the judge may dispose of the matter as provided by Articles 42A.556 and 42A.558(a).Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 42A.560
Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 770,Sec. 1.01, eff. 1/1/2017.