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TX Hum Res Code § 242.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter A. General and Administrative Provisions|Section 242.008. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

Sec. 242.008.  EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY STATEMENT.  (a)  The executive director shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of a program of equal employment opportunity under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin.  The policy statement shall include:(1)  personnel policies, including policies relating to recruitment, evaluation, selection, appointment, training, and promotion of personnel that are in compliance with requirements of Chapter 21, Labor Code;(2)  a comprehensive analysis of the department's work force that meets federal or state laws, rules, and regulations and instructions promulgated directly from those laws, rules, and regulations;(3)  procedures by which a determination can be made about the extent of underuse in the department's work force of all persons of whom federal or state laws, rules, and regulations and instructions promulgated directly from those laws, rules, and regulations encourage a more equitable balance; and(4)  reasonable methods to appropriately address those areas of underuse.(b)  A policy statement prepared under Subsection (a) must cover an annual period, be updated annually, be reviewed by the Texas Workforce Commission for compliance with Subsection (a)(1), and be filed with the governor's office.(c)  The governor's office shall deliver a biennial report to the legislature based on the information received under Subsection (b).  The report may be made separately or as a part of other biennial reports made to the legislature.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter A. General and Administrative Provisions|Section 242.011. Biennial Budget

Sec. 242.011.  BIENNIAL BUDGET.  The executive director shall prepare a biennial budget of all funds necessary to be appropriated by the legislature to the department to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.  The budget shall be submitted and filed by the executive director in the form and manner and within the time prescribed by law.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|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 department shall:(1)  administer the training, diagnostic treatment, and supervisory facilities and services of the state for children committed to the department; and(2)  manage and direct all institutions and training school facilities under the authority of the department.(b)  The department shall have general charge of and be responsible for the welfare, custody, and rehabilitation of the children in a school, facility, or program operated or funded by the department.  The department shall seek to establish relationships and to organize a way of life that will meet the spiritual, moral, physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of the children under the department's care as those needs would be met in an adequate home.(c)  The department shall see that the buildings and premises are kept in good sanitary condition.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.052. Buildings and Improvements

Sec. 242.052.  BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS.  (a)  The department may design, construct, equip, furnish, and maintain buildings and improvements at facilities under the department's jurisdiction.(b)  The department may employ architects or engineers, or both, to prepare plans and specifications and to supervise the construction and improvements described by Subsection (a).(c)  The board shall promulgate rules relating to the award of contracts for the construction of buildings and improvements.  The rules shall provide for the award of contracts for the construction of buildings and improvements to the qualified bidder making the lowest and best bid.  A construction contract may not be awarded for a sum in excess of the amount of funds available for the project.  The department may reject any and all bids submitted.(d)  If a project is financed wholly or partly by federal funds, any standards required by the enabling federal statute or required by the rules of the administering federal agency control over this section.(e)  The department may employ professional, technical, and clerical personnel to carry out the design and construction functions required by this section.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.053. Use of Existing Institutions and Agencies

Sec. 242.053.  USE OF EXISTING INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES.  (a)  In carrying out the department's duties, the department may make use of law-enforcement, detention, supervisory, medical, educational, correctional, and other facilities, institutions, and agencies in the state.  This section does not authorize the department to assume control of any other agency, institution, or facility in the state, or to require any agency, institution, or facility to serve the department in a manner inconsistent with the authority or function of the agency, institution, or facility or with any law or regulation governing the activity of the agency, institution, or facility.(b)  When funds are available for the purpose, the department may enter into agreements with appropriate public or private agencies for the separate care and treatment of persons subject to the control of the department.  The department may not make use of any private institution or agency without its consent.  The department shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the expenditure of appropriations for the purchase of contract residential care for children, not including the purchase of care in foster family homes, be allocated to providers on a fixed monthly basis if that allocation is cost-effective and the number, type, needs, and conditions of the children to be served is reasonably constant.(c)  The department shall periodically inspect all public and private institutions and agencies whose facilities the department is using.  Every public and private institution and agency shall allow the department reasonable opportunity to examine and consult with children who have been committed to the department and who are in the custody of the institution or agency.(d)  Placement of a child in, or the release of a child by, any institution not operated by the department does not terminate the authority of the department over the child.  No child placed in an institution or under an agency by the department may be released by the institution or agency without the approval of the department.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.054. Halfway House Program

Sec. 242.054.  HALFWAY HOUSE PROGRAM.  (a)  The department may not develop a halfway house to be operated by the department if an appropriate private halfway house program is contractually available and the costs under the contract are less than the costs would be if the department provided the services.(b)  Before the department contracts for the development of a halfway house program, the department shall send prospective service providers a request for a proposal that identifies the program services desired, the population to be served, and potential locations for the program.  The department shall select the service provider that submits the proposal that best meets the department's needs according to standards established by the department.  If the department does not receive a proposal that meets its needs, the department may request funds from the legislature for the development of a halfway house to be operated by the department.(c)  This section does not apply to halfway houses operated by the department on September 1, 1987.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.055. Crisis Intervention and Assessment Centers

Sec. 242.055.  CRISIS INTERVENTION AND ASSESSMENT CENTERS.  The department may establish a children's crisis intervention and assessment center at a facility owned or operated by the department.  The department may contract with another entity for the provision or use of services at the center.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.056. Advocacy and Support Groups

Sec. 242.056.  ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT GROUPS.  (a)  The department shall allow advocacy and support groups whose primary functions are to benefit children, inmates, girls and women, the mentally ill, or victims of sexual assault to provide on-site information, support, and other services for children confined in department facilities.(b)  The department shall adopt security and privacy procedures for advocacy and support groups that provide on-site information, support, and other services under this section.  The security and privacy procedures may not be designed to deny an advocacy or support group access to children confined in department facilities.(c)  The department shall adopt standards consistent with standards adopted by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding the confidential correspondence of children confined in department facilities with external entities, including advocacy and support groups.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.057. Department Programs

Sec. 242.057.  DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS.  (a)  The department shall develop and use standards based on performance to evaluate and compare programs operated by the department.(b)  When practicable and feasible, the department shall provide specific performance standards for a program serving 10 or more children through an agreement entered into under Section 242.053.  In the performance standards, the department shall include outcome measures for evaluating the quality of services provided under the agreement.(c)  For the purposes of comparison, the department shall use performance standards that are as consistent as practicable with those used to evaluate and compare programs operated by the department, that measure the benefits and cost-effectiveness of the respective programs, and that measure the average length of stay and rate of recidivism of the children in the program.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.058 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.058. Services for Children Not Committed to the Department

Sec. 242.058.  SERVICES FOR CHILDREN NOT COMMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT.  The department may provide services to a child not committed to the department if the department contracts with a local juvenile probation department, the Health and Human Services Commission, or the Department of Family and Protective Services to provide services to the child.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.059. Additional Facilities; Parole Supervision

Sec. 242.059.  ADDITIONAL FACILITIES; PAROLE SUPERVISION.  When funds are available, the department may:(1)  establish and operate places for detention and diagnosis of children committed to it;(2)  establish and operate additional treatment and training facilities, including forestry or parks-maintenance camps and ranches, necessary to classify and treat children committed to the department according to their needs;(3)  establish active parole supervision to aid children given conditional release to find homes and employment and to become reestablished in the community; and(4)  assist in establishing training facilities and programs owned and operated by private individuals or organizations which agree to provide services to children committed to the department, including programs for children needing long-term residential care.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.060. Computation of Daily Costs of Facility

Sec. 242.060.  COMPUTATION OF DAILY COSTS OF FACILITY.  In computing the daily costs of a residential facility operated by the department, the department shall use a standard method that is:(1)  consistent with methods used by other state agencies; and(2)  designed to reflect the actual cost to the state of operating the facility.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.061. Referrals From Federal Court

Sec. 242.061.  REFERRALS FROM FEDERAL COURT.  The department may enter into agreements with the federal government to accept children from the federal court for an agreed compensation.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.062. Special Accounts

Sec. 242.062.  SPECIAL ACCOUNTS.  (a)  Proceeds from the operation of canteens and vending machines at facilities under the jurisdiction of the department shall be deposited to the credit of a special account in the General Revenue Fund called the canteen revolving fund.  The proceeds shall be used to pay the actual expenses of maintaining and operating the canteens and vending machines.(b)  Proceeds in excess of the amount required for the expenses described by Subsection (a), donations for student activities, and proceeds from children's fundraising projects shall be deposited to the credit of a special account in the General Revenue Fund called the student benefit fund and may be used only to:(1)  provide education, recreation, and entertainment to children committed to the department; or(2)  reimburse children committed to the department for personal property lost or damaged as a result of negligence by the staff of the department.(c)  Proceeds from shop projects at the facilities under the department's jurisdiction shall be deposited to the credit of a special account in the General Revenue Fund called the vocational shop fund and may be used only to:(1)  purchase and maintain parts, tools, and other supplies necessary for the shop projects; and(2)  compensate the students who participate in the projects.(d)  Registration fees from seminars and conferences conducted by the department shall be deposited to the credit of a special account in the General Revenue Fund called the conference account and may be used only to pay the costs of conducting seminars and conferences.(e)  Money in the special accounts described by this section is appropriated for the purposes indicated in this section and shall be expended on warrants drawn by the comptroller on the order of the department.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.063. Student Trust Fund; Contraband Money

Sec. 242.063.  STUDENT TRUST FUND; CONTRABAND MONEY.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), money belonging to a child committed to the department in excess of the amount the department allows in a child's possession shall be deposited in a trust fund established by the facility operated by the department to which the child is assigned.  The board shall adopt rules governing the administration of the trust fund.(b)  Money possessed by a child committed to the department that is determined to be contraband money as defined by department rule shall be deposited in the student benefit fund described by Section 242.062(b).  The department shall notify each child committed to the department that the possession of contraband money is subject to confiscation by the department under this subsection.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.064. Debit Card Suspense Accounts

Sec. 242.064.  DEBIT CARD SUSPENSE ACCOUNTS.  (a)  The department may establish debit card suspense accounts necessary to operate magnetic debit card systems at facilities under the jurisdiction of the department to enable the students, employees, and visitors to make purchases of:(1)  merchandise from vending machines or canteens within the facilities;(2)  meals from cafeterias within the facilities; and(3)  services that the facilities are authorized to provide.(b)  Cash received from cash-to-card machines and amounts electronically transferred for card use from the students' trust fund accounts shall be deposited to debit card suspense accounts in local depositories and held pending card purchases.(c)  Transfers of cash based on card use for purchases of merchandise or services shall be made from the debit card suspense accounts to the appropriate vendors and to accounts in the state treasury in accordance with laws governing receipt of state revenues.(d)  Unused debit card balances shall be refunded to the card holders from the debit card suspense accounts.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.065. Religious Training

Sec. 242.065.  RELIGIOUS TRAINING.  The department shall provide for the religious and spiritual training of children in its custody according to the children's individual choices.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.066. Employment or Designation of Chaplain at Certain Department Facilities

Sec. 242.066.  EMPLOYMENT OR DESIGNATION OF CHAPLAIN AT CERTAIN DEPARTMENT FACILITIES.  The department shall ensure that a chaplain is employed or formally designated for each department correctional facility that is an institution.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Hum Res Code § 242.067 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Human Resources Code|Title 12 - Juvenile Justice Services and Facilities|Subtitle C - Secure Facilities|Chapter 242 - Operation of Secure Facilities|Subchapter B. Secure Facilities; Services|Section 242.067. Violence Prevention and Conflict Resolution Education

Sec. 242.067.  VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION EDUCATION.  The department shall provide education in violence prevention and conflict resolution that includes discussion of domestic violence and child abuse issues to all children in its custody.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.|