Texas Administrative Code › Title 37 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS › Part 11 - TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT › Chapter 380 - RULES FOR STATE-OPERATED PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES › Subchapter A - ADMISSION, PLACEMENT, RELEASE, AND DISCHARGE › Division 2 - COMMITMENT AND RECEPTION › Section 380.8503 - Intake and Admission Process

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Purpose. This rule establishes the process for receiving youth into the custody
					 of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).
(b) Intake and Admission Process.
(1) The TJJD orientation and assessment unit
					 performs all intake activities, including receipt of the youth from the
					 committing county.
(2) The
					 orientation and assessment unit receives youth between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.,
					 Monday through Friday.
(3) Youth
					 are not allowed to have personal possessions while at the orientation and
					 assessment unit.
(4) TJJD staff
					 members perform the following admission procedures, at a minimum:
(A) search each youth in accordance with
					 §
													380.9709
					 of this title;
(B) inventory any
					 personal possessions and return them to the county transporter;
(C) complete a body identification
					 form;
(D) require the youth to
					 shower, screen the youth for pediculosis, and provide treatment if
					 indicated;
(E) complete an initial
					 health screening;
(F) issue
					 clothing;
(G) provide personal
					 hygiene articles;
(H) photograph
					 and fingerprint each youth;
(I)
					 assign an official TJJD number;
(J)
					 initiate sex offender registration with the Texas Department of Public Safety
					 (DPS), if required; and
(K) take a
					 blood sample from each youth for the DPS DNA database.
(5) TJJD notifies each youth's
					 parent/guardian in writing of:
(A) the youth's
					 admission;
(B) TJJD's medical
					 consent authority, as explained in §
													380.9181 of this
					 title;
(C) procedures for
					 communicating with his/her child through mail, phone calls, and
					 visits;
(D) the parent/guardian's
					 rights as provided in the TJJD parent's bill of rights; and
(E) the following information:
(i) contraband money, as defined in §
														380.9107
					 of this title, found in possession of a TJJD youth in a residential facility
					 will be deposited in the student benefit fund;
(ii) providing contraband to a TJJD youth,
					 including alcohol, drugs, tobacco, or a cellular phone, is a criminal offense
					 and could be subject to prosecution; and
(iii) TJJD may use the chemical agent
					 oleoresin capsicum, also known as OC spray, as necessary under §
														380.9723
					 of this title.
(6) TJJD provides orientation to youth about
					 the TJJD system, as required by §
												380.9115 of
					 this title, and documents the orientation.
(7) TJJD provides youth with counseling
					 services and academic instruction during the youth's stay at the orientation
					 and assessment unit.
(8) Upon
					 transportation of youth to their initial placements, TJJD notifies the
					 parent/guardian, parole officer, and others as needed of the initial placement
					 location.