Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 508.146. Medically Recommended Intensive Supervision

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), an inmate, other than an inmate who is serving a sentence of death or life without parole or an inmate who is not a citizen of the United States, as defined by federal law, may be released on medically recommended intensive supervision on a date designated by a parole panel described by Subsection (e) if:

(a-1) The Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments, in cooperation with the division, shall prepare for an inmate who is approved for release under Subsection (a) a medically recommended intensive supervision plan that requires the inmate to submit to electronic monitoring, places the inmate on super-intensive supervision, or otherwise ensures appropriate supervision of the inmate.

(b) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), the following inmates may be released on medically recommended intensive supervision under that subsection only if the inmates are identified under Subsection (a)(1) as:

(c) The parole panel shall require as a condition of release under Subsection (a) that the releasee remain under the care of a physician and in a medically suitable placement.  At least once each calendar quarter, the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments shall report to the parole panel on the releasee's medical and placement status.  On the basis of the report, the parole panel may modify conditions of release and impose any condition on the releasee that a panel could impose on a releasee released under Section 508.145, including a condition that the releasee reside in a halfway house or community residential facility.

(d) The Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments may request proposals from public or private vendors to provide under contract services for inmates released on medically recommended intensive supervision.  A request for proposals under this subsection may require that the services be provided in a medical care facility located in an urban area.  For the purposes of this subsection, “urban area” means the area in this state within a metropolitan statistical area, according to the standards of the United States Bureau of the Census.

(e) Parole panels composed of board members and parole commissioners appointed to the panel by the presiding officer may make determinations regarding the release of inmates on medically recommended intensive supervision under Subsection (a) or of inmates released pending deportation under Subsection (f).  If the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments identifies an inmate as a candidate for release under the guidelines established by Subsection (a)(1), (b), or (f)(1), as applicable, the office shall present to a parole panel described by this subsection relevant information concerning the inmate and the inmate's potential for release under this section.

(f) An inmate who is not a citizen of the United States, as defined by federal law, who is not under a sentence of death or life without parole, and who does not have a reportable conviction or adjudication under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, or an instant offense described in Article 42A.054, Code of Criminal Procedure, may be released to immigration authorities pending deportation on a date designated by a parole panel described by Subsection (e) if:

(g) The board shall adopt rules to administer this section.  The rules must:

(h) The procedures described by Subsection (g)(1) must:

(i) The board may consult with other relevant entities for purposes of establishing information required in the report under Subsection (h)(2)(C) including:

(j) Information regarding the identity of a health care practitioner providing a report described by Subsection (h)(2), other than information relating to the practitioner's specialization, is excepted from required disclosure under Chapter 552.  The board may release the information or redact or otherwise withhold the information from disclosure under Chapter 552.