(a) If a parole panel releases a defendant on parole or to mandatory supervision, the panel shall require as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision that the defendant not intentionally or knowingly communicate directly or indirectly with a victim of the offense or intentionally or knowingly go near a residence, school, place of employment, or business of a victim. At any time after the defendant is released on parole or to mandatory supervision, a victim of the offense may petition the panel for a modification of the conditions of the defendant’s parole or mandatory supervision allowing the defendant contact with the victim subject to reasonable restrictions.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a defendant may participate in victim-offender mediation authorized by § 508.324 on the request of the victim or a guardian of the victim or a close relative of a deceased victim.