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 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 380.8501 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms
						shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise.
(1) Assessment Rating--a
					 score derived from evidence-based criminogenic factors in a youth's history
					 used to assess the danger a youth poses to the community.
(2) Committing Offense--the most serious of
					 the relevant offenses found at the youth's commitment proceeding and any
					 probated offense(s) modified by the commitment order. If a committing offense
					 is a violation of a federal statute, the offense will be treated as a violation
					 of a state statute which prohibits the same conduct as the relevant federal
					 offense.
(3) Community
					 Reentry/Transition Plan--an individual case plan that includes conditions of
					 parole or placement for youth who are moving to a less restrictive environment.
					 The community reentry/transition plan summarizes the youth's progress,
					 identifies risk factors and protective factors, provides referrals to community
					 services and supports, and identifies objectives for the youth to complete at
					 the next placement.
(4) Conditional
					 Placement--a trial living arrangement at a lower restriction level without
					 changing the youth's currently assigned placement. Conditional placements may
					 be to medium-restriction facilities or approved home placements. Continued
					 placement at the lower restriction level is dependent on meeting
					 pre-established conditions.
(5)
					 Determinate Sentence Review--a review conducted for youth with determinate
					 sentences who have not met program completion criteria in which staff
					 determines the appropriate action (e.g., request a transfer hearing under
					 Section
					 54.11, Family Code,
					 transfer to TDCJ parole).
(6)
					 Discharge--an action that ends the jurisdiction of the Texas Juvenile Justice
					 Department (TJJD) over a youth.
(7)
					 Final Decision Authority--the TJJD executive director or a staff member
					 designated by the executive director in writing (e.g., via operational manual,
					 administrative directive).
(8) High
					 Restriction and Medium Restriction--see definitions in §
											380.8527 of this
					 chapter.
(9) Home Placement--a
					 placement in the home of the parent, other relative or individual acting in the
					 role of parent, managing conservator, or guardian or in an independent living
					 arrangement (excluding contract independent living programs).
(10) Home Substitute Placement--a program
					 placement in the community that is not high restriction for youth who have
					 earned parole status.
(11) Initial
					 Placement--a placement to which youth are assigned upon being committed to
					 TJJD. This definition does not include a youth's placement at the orientation
					 and assessment unit.
(12) Minimum
					 Length of Stay--the predetermined minimum period of time established by TJJD
					 that a youth will be assigned to live in a high- or medium-restriction
					 placement before being placed on parole status.
(13) Minimum Period of Confinement--the
					 predetermined minimum period of time established by law that a youth committed
					 to TJJD on a determinate sentence must remain confined in a high-restriction
					 placement.
(14) Most Serious of the
					 Relevant Offenses--the offense that carries the most severe consequences, which
					 are, from most to least severe:
(A) an offense
					 which carries a determinate sentence;
(B) the offense for which the designated
					 minimum length of stay will produce the longest time in the physical custody of
					 TJJD;
(C) the offense which
					 requires the highest facility restriction level;
(D) the offense which carries the most severe
					 criminal penalty; and
(E) the most
					 recently adjudicated offense.