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SB 1203 Sexually violent predators; Attorney General, et al to study feasibility of treatment options, etc.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Sexually violent predators; civil commitment. Provides that the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and the Attorney General's Office shall examine, as possible components of conditional release of civilly committed sexual violent predators, the feasibility of the use of physical castration as a treatment option and the use of residential housing facilities, operated by the Commonwealth or by private providers contracted with the Commonwealth on property owned by the Commonwealth, and shall report the results of the examination to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2008.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Sexually violent predators; civil commitment. Provides that the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and the Attorney General's Office shall examine, as possible components of conditional release of civilly committed sexual violent predators, the feasibility of (i) the use of physical or chemical castration as treatment options and (ii) the use of residential housing facilities, operated by the Commonwealth or by private providers contracted with the Commonwealth, and shall report the results of the examination to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2008.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Sexually violent predators; civil commitment.  Provides that in the case of a prisoner who has been determined to be a sexually violent predator, when the only alternative is involuntary secure inpatient treatment, the court may, on petition of the prisoner, order, as an alternative to involuntary secure inpatient treatment, that the prisoner undergo physical castration and be placed on conditional release, in a manner and in accordance with terms and conditions developed by the Commissioner and the Department of Corrections.