(a) If a defendant is convicted of a state jail felony and the sentence is executed, the judge sentencing the defendant may release the defendant to a medical care facility or medical treatment program if the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments:
(1) identifies the defendant as:
(A) being a person who is elderly or terminally ill or a person with a physical disability;
(B) being a person with mental illness or an intellectual disability; or
(C) having a condition requiring long-term care; and
(2) in cooperation with the community supervision and corrections department serving the sentencing court, prepares for the defendant a medically recommended intensive supervision plan that:
(A) ensures appropriate supervision of the defendant; and
(B) requires the defendant to remain under the care of a physician at the facility or in the program.
(b) If a defendant released to a medical care facility or medical treatment program under Subsection (a) violates the terms of that release, the judge may dispose of the matter as provided by Articles 42A.556 and 42A.558(a).