(a) Before entering an order directing a person's outpatient 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 in a particular location;
- (2) prohibiting the person's contact with a victim or potential victim of the person;
- (3) prohibiting the person's possession or use of alcohol, inhalants, or a controlled substance;
- (4) requiring the person's participation in and compliance with a specific course of treatment;
(5) requiring the person to:
- (A) submit to tracking under a particular type of tracking service and to any other appropriate supervision; and
- (B) refrain from tampering with, altering, modifying, obstructing, or manipulating the tracking equipment;
- (6) prohibiting the person from changing the person's residence without prior authorization from the judge and from leaving the state without that prior authorization;
- (7) if determined appropriate by the judge, establishing a child safety zone in the same manner as a child safety zone is established by a judge under Section 13B, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and requiring the person to comply with requirements related to the safety zone;
- (8) requiring the person to notify the case manager immediately but in any event within 24 hours of any change in the person's status that affects proper treatment and supervision, including a change in the person's physical health or job status and including any incarceration of the person; and
- (9) any other requirements determined necessary by the judge.
- (b) The judge may request assistance from the council in determining an appropriate residence for the person.
- (c) The judge shall provide a copy of the requirements imposed under Subsection (a) to the person and to the council. The council shall provide a copy of those requirements to the case manager and to the service providers.
- (d) Immediately after the case becomes final for purposes of appeal, the judge shall transfer jurisdiction of the case to a district court, other than a family district court, having jurisdiction in the county in which the person is residing, except that the judge retains jurisdiction of the case with respect to a civil commitment proceeding conducted under Subchapters F and G.
- (e) The requirements imposed under Subsection (a) may be modified at any time after notice to each affected party to the proceedings and a hearing.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 4.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.