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Chapter 241 - General Provisions
Section 241.001. Cooperation of Other Agencies - Sec. 241.001. COOPERATION OF OTHER AGENCIES. To effectuate the purpose...
Section 241.0015. Strategic Plan - Sec. 241.0015. STRATEGIC PLAN. The department shall biennially develop a...
Section 241.002. No Forfeiture of Certain Civil Rights - Sec. 241.002. NO FORFEITURE OF CERTAIN CIVIL RIGHTS. Commitment of...
Section 241.003. Youth Development Council Fund - Sec. 241.003. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FUND. The youth development council...
Section 241.004. Request for Certain Records - Sec. 241.004. REQUEST FOR CERTAIN RECORDS. For the purpose of...
Section 241.005. Liability of Volunteers - Sec. 241.005. LIABILITY OF VOLUNTEERS. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 241.006. Application of Law Relating to Free Exercise of Religion - Sec. 241.006. APPLICATION OF LAW RELATING TO FREE EXERCISE OF...
Section 241.007. Certain Crimes Concerning the Department - Sec. 241.007. CERTAIN CRIMES CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT. (a) In this...
Section 241.008. Duty to File Complaint With Law Enforcement Agency - Sec. 241.008. DUTY TO FILE COMPLAINT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY....
Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities
Subchapter A. General and Administrative Provisions
Section 242.001. Study of Treatment Methods; Statistical Records - Sec. 242.001. STUDY OF TREATMENT METHODS; STATISTICAL RECORDS. (a) The...
Section 242.002. Evaluation of Treatment Programs; Availability - Sec. 242.002. EVALUATION OF TREATMENT PROGRAMS; AVAILABILITY. (a) The department...
Section 242.003. Policies and Rules - Sec. 242.003. POLICIES AND RULES. (a) The board is responsible...
Section 242.004. Employees - Sec. 242.004. EMPLOYEES. (a) Within the limits specified by legislative...
Section 242.005. Professional Information for Advisory Board Members and Employees - Sec. 242.005. PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION FOR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES....
Section 242.006. Intra-Agency Career Ladder Program - Sec. 242.006. INTRA-AGENCY CAREER LADDER PROGRAM. The program shall require...
Section 242.007. Job Performance Evaluations - Sec. 242.007. JOB PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. The executive director shall develop...
Section 242.008. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement - Sec. 242.008. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT. (a) The executive...
Section 242.009. Juvenile Correctional Officers; Staffing - Sec. 242.009. JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS; STAFFING. (a) In this section,...
Section 242.010. Required Background and Criminal History Checks - Sec. 242.010. REQUIRED BACKGROUND AND CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS. (a) In...
Section 242.011. Biennial Budget - Sec. 242.011. BIENNIAL BUDGET. The executive director shall prepare a...
Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services
Section 242.051. Administration of Institutions; Charge of Children - Sec. 242.051. ADMINISTRATION OF INSTITUTIONS; CHARGE OF CHILDREN. (a) The...
Section 242.052. Buildings and Improvements - Sec. 242.052. BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS. (a) The department may design,...
Section 242.053. Use of Existing Institutions and Agencies - Sec. 242.053. USE OF EXISTING INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES. (a) In...
Section 242.054. Halfway House Program - Sec. 242.054. HALFWAY HOUSE PROGRAM. (a) The department may not...
Section 242.055. Crisis Intervention and Assessment Centers - Sec. 242.055. CRISIS INTERVENTION AND ASSESSMENT CENTERS. The department may...
Section 242.056. Advocacy and Support Groups - Sec. 242.056. ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT GROUPS. (a) The department shall...
Section 242.057. Department Programs - Sec. 242.057. DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The department shall develop and...
Section 242.058. Services for Children Not Committed to the Department - Sec. 242.058. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN NOT COMMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT....
Section 242.059. Additional Facilities; Parole Supervision - Sec. 242.059. ADDITIONAL FACILITIES; PAROLE SUPERVISION. When funds are available,...
Section 242.060. Computation of Daily Costs of Facility - Sec. 242.060. COMPUTATION OF DAILY COSTS OF FACILITY. In computing...
Section 242.061. Referrals From Federal Court - Sec. 242.061. REFERRALS FROM FEDERAL COURT. The department may enter...
Section 242.062. Special Accounts - Sec. 242.062. SPECIAL ACCOUNTS. (a) Proceeds from the operation of...
Section 242.063. Student Trust Fund; Contraband Money - Sec. 242.063. STUDENT TRUST FUND; CONTRABAND MONEY. (a) Except as...
Section 242.064. Debit Card Suspense Accounts - Sec. 242.064. DEBIT CARD SUSPENSE ACCOUNTS. (a) The department may...
Section 242.065. Religious Training - Sec. 242.065. RELIGIOUS TRAINING. The department shall provide for the...
Section 242.066. Employment or Designation of Chaplain at Certain Department Facilities - Sec. 242.066. EMPLOYMENT OR DESIGNATION OF CHAPLAIN AT CERTAIN DEPARTMENT...
Section 242.067. Violence Prevention and Conflict Resolution Education - Sec. 242.067. VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION EDUCATION. The department...
Section 242.068. Fire Protection Activities - Sec. 242.068. FIRE PROTECTION ACTIVITIES. (a) The department may perform...
Section 242.069. Client Service Contract Standards - Sec. 242.069. CLIENT SERVICE CONTRACT STANDARDS. In each contract for...
Section 242.070. Contract Monitoring - Sec. 242.070. CONTRACT MONITORING. The department shall establish a formal...
Section 242.071. Sale or License of Treatment Programs - Sec. 242.071. SALE OR LICENSE OF TREATMENT PROGRAMS. (a) The...
Subchapter C. Abuse or Crimes Committed at Department
Section 242.101. Zero-Tolerance Policy - Sec. 242.101. ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY. (a) The department shall adopt and...
Section 242.102. Office of Inspector General - Sec. 242.102. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. (a) The office of...
Section 242.103. Detection and Monitoring of Cellular Telephones - Sec. 242.103. DETECTION AND MONITORING OF CELLULAR TELEPHONES. (a) The...
Chapter 243 - Admission and Commitment; Escape
Subchapter A. Admission and Commitment
Section 243.001. Placement in Department Facilities - Sec. 243.001. PLACEMENT IN DEPARTMENT FACILITIES. (a) The department may...
Section 243.002. Establishment of Minimum Length of Stay - Sec. 243.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF MINIMUM LENGTH OF STAY. (a) The...
Section 243.003. Conveyance of Child to Department - Sec. 243.003. CONVEYANCE OF CHILD TO DEPARTMENT. (a) When a...
Section 243.004. Notification and Duty to Furnish Information - Sec. 243.004. NOTIFICATION AND DUTY TO FURNISH INFORMATION. (a) When...
Section 243.005. Information Provided by Committing Court - Sec. 243.005. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COMMITTING COURT. In addition to...
Section 243.006. Commitment Records - Sec. 243.006. COMMITMENT RECORDS. A commitment to the department may...
Section 243.007. Information Provided to Committing Court - Sec. 243.007. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO COMMITTING COURT. (a) If a...
Section 243.008. Information Concerning Foster Care History - Sec. 243.008. INFORMATION CONCERNING FOSTER CARE HISTORY. (a) In this...
Subchapter B. Escape and Violation of Release Conditions
Section 243.051. Apprehension After Escape or Violation of Release Conditions - Sec. 243.051. APPREHENSION AFTER ESCAPE OR VIOLATION OF RELEASE CONDITIONS....
Section 243.052. Apprehension Specialists - Sec. 243.052. APPREHENSION SPECIALISTS. (a) The department may employ and...
Chapter 244 - Care and Treatment of Children
Subchapter A. General Care and Treatment of Children
Section 244.001. Initial Examination - Sec. 244.001. INITIAL EXAMINATION. (a) The department shall examine and...
Section 244.002. Reexamination - Sec. 244.002. REEXAMINATION. (a) The department shall periodically reexamine each...
Section 244.003. Records of Examinations and Treatment - Sec. 244.003. RECORDS OF EXAMINATIONS AND TREATMENT. (a) The department...
Section 244.004. Failure to Examine or Reexamine - Sec. 244.004. FAILURE TO EXAMINE OR REEXAMINE. (a) Failure of...
Section 244.005. Determination of Treatment - Sec. 244.005. DETERMINATION OF TREATMENT. When a child has been...
Section 244.006. Type of Treatment Permitted - Sec. 244.006. TYPE OF TREATMENT PERMITTED. (a) As a means...
Section 244.007. Family Programs - Sec. 244.007. FAMILY PROGRAMS. The department shall develop programs that...
Section 244.0075. Restraint of Pregnant Juvenile - Sec. 244.0075. RESTRAINT OF PREGNANT JUVENILE. (a) The department may...
Section 244.008. Infant Care and Parenting Program - Sec. 244.008. INFANT CARE AND PARENTING PROGRAM. (a) In this...
Section 244.009. Health Care Delivery System - Sec. 244.009. HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. (a) In providing medical...
Section 244.010. Department Caseworkers - Sec. 244.010. DEPARTMENT CASEWORKERS. (a) The department shall assign a...
Section 244.0105. Report Concerning Foster Children Committed to Department - Sec. 244.0105. REPORT CONCERNING FOSTER CHILDREN COMMITTED TO DEPARTMENT. (a)...
Section 244.0106. Rules Regarding Services for Foster Children - Sec. 244.0106. RULES REGARDING SERVICES FOR FOSTER CHILDREN. (a) The...
Section 244.011. Children With Mental Illness or Mental Retardation - Sec. 244.011. CHILDREN WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR MENTAL RETARDATION. (a)...
Section 244.012. Examination Before Discharge - Sec. 244.012. EXAMINATION BEFORE DISCHARGE. (a) The department shall establish...
Section 244.0125. Transfer of Certain Children Serving Determinate Sentences for Mental Health Services - Sec. 244.0125. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CHILDREN SERVING DETERMINATE SENTENCES FOR...
Section 244.013. Notice of Pending Discharge - Sec. 244.013. NOTICE OF PENDING DISCHARGE. As soon as practicable...
Section 244.014. Referral of Determinate Sentence Offenders for Transfer - Sec. 244.014. REFERRAL OF DETERMINATE SENTENCE OFFENDERS FOR TRANSFER. (a)...
Section 244.015. Evaluation of Certain Children Serving Determinate Sentences - Sec. 244.015. EVALUATION OF CERTAIN CHILDREN SERVING DETERMINATE SENTENCES. (a)...
Subchapter B. Provision of Certain Information; Rights of Parents
Section 244.051. Information Available to Children, Parents, and Others - Sec. 244.051. INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND OTHERS. (a)...
Section 244.052. Rights of Parents - Sec. 244.052. RIGHTS OF PARENTS. (a) The department, in consultation...
Chapter 245 - Release
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 245.001. Parole Officers; Parole Management - Sec. 245.001. PAROLE OFFICERS; PAROLE MANAGEMENT. (a) The department may...
Section 245.002. Contracts With Counties - Sec. 245.002. CONTRACTS WITH COUNTIES. (a) The department may make...
Subchapter B. Authority to Release; Resumption of Care
Section 245.051. Release Under Supervision - Sec. 245.051. RELEASE UNDER SUPERVISION. (a) The department may release...
Section 245.052. Substance Abuse Treatment - Sec. 245.052. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT. Subject to an express appropriation...
Section 245.053. Sex Offender Counseling and Treatment - Sec. 245.053. SEX OFFENDER COUNSELING AND TREATMENT. (a) Before releasing...
Section 245.0535. Comprehensive Reentry and Reintegration Plan for Children; Study and Report - Sec. 245.0535. COMPREHENSIVE REENTRY AND REINTEGRATION PLAN FOR CHILDREN; STUDY...
Section 245.0536. Providing Released or Discharged Child With State-Issued Identification - Sec. 245.0536. PROVIDING RELEASED OR DISCHARGED CHILD WITH STATE-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION....
Section 245.0537. Providing Released or Discharged Child With Birth Certificate and Social Security Card - Sec. 245.0537. PROVIDING RELEASED OR DISCHARGED CHILD WITH BIRTH CERTIFICATE...
Section 245.054. Information Provided to Court Before Release - Sec. 245.054. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO COURT BEFORE RELEASE. (a) In...
Subchapter C. Minimum Length of Stay; Extension Orders
Section 245.101. Completion of Minimum Length of Stay; Panel - Sec. 245.101. COMPLETION OF MINIMUM LENGTH OF STAY; PANEL. (a)...
Section 245.102. Extension Order - Sec. 245.102. EXTENSION ORDER. (a) A panel may extend the...
Section 245.103. Statistics and Reports Concerning Extension Orders - Sec. 245.103. STATISTICS AND REPORTS CONCERNING EXTENSION ORDERS. (a) The...
Section 245.104. Request for Reconsideration of Extension Order - Sec. 245.104. REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION ORDER. (a) The...
Section 245.105. Statistics and Reports Concerning Reconsiderations of Extension Orders - Sec. 245.105. STATISTICS AND REPORTS CONCERNING RECONSIDERATIONS OF EXTENSION ORDERS....
Section 245.106. Transportation, Clothing, Money - Sec. 245.106. TRANSPORTATION, CLOTHING, MONEY. The department shall ensure that...
Subchapter D. Termination of Control
Section 245.151. Termination of Control - Sec. 245.151. TERMINATION OF CONTROL. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 245.152. Determinate Sentence Parole - Sec. 245.152. DETERMINATE SENTENCE PAROLE. (a) Not later than the...
Chapter 246 - Industries Program
Section 246.001. Purpose; Implementation - Sec. 246.001. PURPOSE; IMPLEMENTATION. The purposes of the department industries...
Section 246.002. Advisory Committee - Sec. 246.002. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) A department industries advisory committee...
Section 246.003. Pay and Distribution of Pay - Sec. 246.003. PAY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PAY. The department shall...
Section 246.004. Industries Fund - Sec. 246.004. INDUSTRIES FUND. (a) A Texas Juvenile Justice Department...
Section 246.005. Contracts - Sec. 246.005. CONTRACTS. To encourage the development and expansion of...
Section 246.006. Donations - Sec. 246.006. DONATIONS. The industries program may be financed through...
Section 246.007. Grants - Sec. 246.007. GRANTS. (a) The department may accept a grant...
Section 246.008. Lease of Land - Sec. 246.008. LEASE OF LAND. (a) The department may lease...
Section 246.009. Optional Ad Valorem Tax Abatement - Sec. 246.009. OPTIONAL AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT. (a) A business...