SB1416 - Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits.

  89R8221 MCF-D     By: West S.B. No. 1416       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a   condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for   certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages   resulting from those visits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as the Pokuaa-Flowers Act.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter F, Chapter 508, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 508.193 to read as follows:           Sec.   508.193.     REQUIRED APPROVAL OF CERTAIN HOSPITAL VISITS.     (a)   A parole panel that requires a releasee serving a sentence for   an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal   Procedure, or for which the judgment contains an affirmative   finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of Criminal   Procedure, to submit to electronic monitoring as a condition of   release on parole or to mandatory supervision shall, as an   additional condition of release, prohibit the releasee from   visiting a general hospital, as defined by Section 241.003, Health   and Safety Code, for a purpose other than to receive medical   treatment, as defined by Section 313.002, Health and Safety Code,   including emergency medical care, unless the parole officer   supervising the releasee approves the releasee's request to visit   the hospital prior to the visit.           (b)     A releasee's request to visit a general hospital must   specify the date and time of the intended visit and the reason for   the visit.           (c)     A parole officer who approves a visit under Subsection   (a) shall promptly notify the chief law enforcement officer for the   general hospital, or a local law enforcement agency if the general   hospital does not employ any peace officers, of the date and time of   the releasee's intended visit.           (d)     Notwithstanding any other law, a general hospital is not   liable to a patient or another person for damages resulting from a   visit by a releasee described by Subsection (a).          SECTION 3.  Section 508.193, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a person who is released on parole or to   mandatory supervision on or after the effective date of this Act.  A   person who is released on parole or to mandatory supervision before   the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at   the time of release, and the former law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.