(a) (1) Before ordering the release of a person to a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment pursuant to this article, the court shall order that the department of corrections and community supervision recommend supervision requirements to the court. These supervision requirements, which shall be developed in consultation with the commissioner, may include but need not be limited to, electronic monitoring or global positioning satellite tracking for an appropriate period of time, polygraph monitoring, specification of residence or type or residence, prohibition of contact with identified past or potential victims, strict and intensive supervision by a parole officer, and any other lawful and necessary conditions that may be imposed by a court. In addition, after consultation with the psychiatrist, psychologist or other professional primarily treating the respondent, the commissioner shall recommend a specific course of treatment. A copy of the recommended requirements for supervision and treatment shall be given to the attorney general and the respondent and his or her counsel a reasonable time before the court issues its written order pursuant to this section.

(2) Before issuing its written order, the court shall afford the parties an opportunity to be heard, and shall consider any additional submissions by the respondent and the attorney general concerning the proposed conditions of the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment. The court shall issue an order specifying the conditions of the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment, which shall include specified supervision requirements and compliance with a specified course of treatment. A written statement of the conditions of the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment shall be given to the respondent and to his or her counsel, any designated service providers or treating professionals, the commissioner, the attorney general and the supervising parole officer. The court shall require the department of corrections and community supervision to take appropriate actions to implement the supervision plan and assure compliance with the conditions of the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment. A regimen of strict and intensive supervision does not toll the running of any form of supervision in criminal cases, including but not limited to post-release supervision and parole.

(b) (1) Persons ordered into a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment pursuant to this article shall be subject to a minimum of six face-to-face supervision contacts and six collateral contacts per month. Such minimum contact requirements shall continue unless subsequently modified by the court or the department of corrections and community supervision.

(2) Any agency, organization, professional or service provider designated to provide treatment to the person shall, unless otherwise directed by the court, submit every four months to the court, the commissioner, the attorney general and the supervising parole officer a report describing the person's conduct while under a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment.

(c) An order for a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment places the person in the custody and control of the department of corrections and community supervision. A person ordered to undergo a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment pursuant to this article is subject to lawful conditions set by the court and the department of corrections and community supervision.

(d) (1) A person's regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment may be revoked if such a person violates a condition of strict and intensive supervision. If a parole officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person has violated a condition of the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment or, if there is an oral or written evaluation or report by a treating professional indicating that the person may be a dangerous sex offender requiring confinement, a parole officer authorized in the same manner as provided in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section two hundred fifty-nine-i of the executive law may take the person into custody and transport the person for lodging in a secure treatment facility or a local correctional facility for an evaluation by a psychiatric examiner, which evaluation shall be conducted within five days. A parole officer may take the person, under custody, to a psychiatric center for prompt evaluation, and at the end of the examination, return the person to the place of lodging. A parole officer, as authorized by this paragraph, may direct a peace officer, acting pursuant to his or her special duties, or a police officer who is a member of an authorized police department or force or of a sheriff's department, to take the person into custody and transport the person as provided in this paragraph. It shall be the duty of such peace officer or police officer to take into custody and transport any such person upon receiving such direction. The department of corrections and community supervision shall promptly notify the attorney general and the mental hygiene legal service, when a person is taken into custody pursuant to this paragraph. No provision of this section shall preclude the board of parole from proceeding with a revocation hearing as authorized by subdivision three of section two hundred fifty-nine-i of the executive law.

(2) After the person is taken into custody for the evaluation, the attorney general may file: (i) a petition for confinement pursuant to paragraph four of this subdivision and/or (ii) a petition pursuant to subdivision (e) of this section to modify the conditions of a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment. Either petition shall be filed in the court that issued the order imposing the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment. The attorney general shall seek to file the petition within five days after the person is taken into custody for evaluation. If no petition is filed within that time, the respondent shall be released immediately, subject to the terms of the previous order imposing the regimen of strict and intensive supervision, but failure to file a petition within such time shall not affect the validity of such petition or any subsequent action.

(3) A petition filed under paragraph two of this subdivision shall be served promptly on the respondent and the mental hygiene legal service. The court shall appoint legal counsel in accordance with subdivision (c) of section 10.06 of this article. Counsel for respondent shall be provided with a copy of the written report, if any, of the psychiatric examiner who conducted the evaluation pursuant to this section.

(4) A petition for confinement shall contain the parole officer's sworn allegations demonstrating reasonable cause to believe that the respondent violated a condition of his or her strict and intensive supervision, and shall be accompanied by any written evaluations or reports by a treating professional indicating that the respondent may be a dangerous sex offender requiring confinement. If a petition is filed within the five-day period seeking the respondent's confinement, then the court shall promptly review the petition and, based on the allegations in the petition and any accompanying papers, determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the respondent is a dangerous sex offender requiring confinement. Upon the finding of probable cause, the respondent may be retained in a local correctional facility or a secure treatment facility pending the conclusion of the proceeding. In the absence of such a finding, the respondent shall be released, but the court may impose revised conditions of supervision and treatment pending completion of the hearing. Within thirty days after a petition for confinement is filed under paragraph two of this subdivision, the court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether the respondent is a dangerous sex offender requiring confinement. Any failure to commence the hearing within the time period specified shall not result in the dismissal of the petition and shall not affect the validity of the hearing or the determination. The court shall make its determination of whether the respondent is a dangerous sex offender requiring confinement in accordance with the standards set forth in subdivision (f) of section 10.07 of this article. If the court finds that the attorney general has not met the burden of showing by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is a dangerous sex offender requiring confinement, but finds that the respondent continues to be a sex offender requiring strict and intensive supervision, the court shall order the person to be released under the previous order imposing a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment, unless it modifies the order imposing a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section. If the court determines that the attorney general has met the burden of showing by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is a dangerous sex offender requiring confinement, the court shall order that the respondent be committed to a secure treatment facility immediately. The respondent shall not be released pending the completion of the hearing.

(e) If the attorney general files only a petition for modification under paragraph two of subdivision (d) of this section, the respondent shall be released but the court may impose revised conditions of supervision and treatment pending completion of the hearing. Within five days after filing of the petition for modification, the court shall conduct a hearing to determine whether the respondent's conditions of treatment and supervision should be modified. The attorney general shall have the burden of showing that the modifications sought are warranted, and the court shall order such modifications to the extent that it finds that the attorney general has met that burden.

(f) The court may modify or terminate the conditions of the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment on the petition of the supervising parole officer, the commissioner or the attorney general. Such petition shall be served on the respondent and the respondent's counsel. A person subject to a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment pursuant to this article may petition every two years for modification or termination, commencing no sooner than two years after the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment commenced, with service of such petition on the attorney general, the department of corrections and community supervision, and the commissioner. Upon receipt of a petition for modification or termination pursuant to this section, the court may require the department of corrections and community supervision and the commissioner to provide a report concerning the person's conduct while subject to a regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment. If more than one petition is filed, the petitions may be considered in a single hearing.

(g) Upon receipt of a petition for modification pursuant to this section, the court may hold a hearing on such petition. The party seeking modification shall have the burden of showing that those modifications are warranted, and the court shall order such modifications to the extent that it finds that the party has met that burden.

(h) Upon receipt of a petition for termination pursuant to this section, the court may hold a hearing on such petition. When the petition is filed by the respondent, the attorney general shall have the burden of showing by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is currently a sex offender requiring civil management. If the court finds that the attorney general has not sustained that burden, it shall order the respondent's discharge from the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment. Otherwise the court shall continue the regimen of strict and intensive supervision and treatment but may revise conditions of supervision and treatment as warranted.