# Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.023: ASSESSMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITY

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.023

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.023
- **Heading:** ASSESSMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITY
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.023

## Text

(a) Not later than the 60th day after the date of a recommendation under Section 841.022(c), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall assess whether the person suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. To aid in the assessment, the department shall use an expert to examine the person. The department may contract for the expert services required by this subsection. The expert shall make a clinical assessment based on testing for psychopathy, a clinical interview, and other appropriate assessments and techniques to aid the department in its assessment.

(b) If as a result of the assessment the Texas Department of Criminal Justice believes that the person suffers from a behavioral abnormality, not later than the 60th day after the date of a recommendation under Section 841.022(c) the department shall give notice of that assessment and provide corresponding documentation to the attorney representing the state for the county in which the person was most recently convicted of a sexually violent offense.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.001 § 841.001. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.001.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.002 § 841.002. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.002.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.003 § 841.003. SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.003.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.005 § 841.005. TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.005.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.006 § 841.006. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.006.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.007 § 841.007. DUTIES OF TEXAS CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.007.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.021 § 841.021. NOTICE OF POTENTIAL PREDATOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.021.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.022 § 841.022. MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.022.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.023 § 841.023. ASSESSMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.023.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.041 § 841.041. PETITION ALLEGING PREDATOR STATUS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.041.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.042 § 841.042. ASSISTANCE FROM SPECIAL PROSECUTION UNIT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.042.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.061 § 841.061. TRIAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.061.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.062 § 841.062. DETERMINATION OF PREDATOR STATUS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.062.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.063 § 841.063. CONTINUANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.063.md)

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