Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 7.

Present law requires the sex offender treatment board to:<br /> <br /> (1) Develop and prescribe a standardized procedure for the evaluation and identification of sex offenders; and<br /> <br /> (2) Develop guidelines and standards for a system of programs for the treatment of sex offenders.<br /> <br /> Present law requires each sex offender who is to be considered for alternative sentencing, as well as those found guilty, to submit to an evaluation and an identification under the procedures developed by the board. Present law also requires sex offenders, as conditions of sentencing and parole, to undergo treatment based on the recommendations of the evaluation and identification or any subsequent official recommendations or reevaluation.<br /> <br /> Present law prohibits the department of correction, the judicial branch, or the department of children's services from employing or contracting with any individual or entity to provide treatment services for sex offenders, unless the treatment services conform with the board's standards.<br /> <br /> This bill requires the board to compile and post on the board's website a list of approved sex offender evaluation providers and a list of approved sex offender treatment providers. This bill requires that only board-approved providers provide sex offender evaluation and treatment. An unapproved provider who provides sex offender evaluation or treatment will be reported to the provider's professional licensing authority for disciplinary action.<br />