The Commission shall compile statewide statistics on the incidence of abuse, neglect and exploitation as required by §261.402 of the Texas Family Code. (1) The following statistical data, which contains no case-specific identifiers, is available to the public upon written request: (A) the number of reported allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation; (B) the classifications assigned to reported allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation; and (C) the dispositions assigned to investigations of reported allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation. (2) Additionally, upon written request and when necessary to cross-reference statistical data with individual allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation reported from an individual county, or for purposes of compliance with §51.12(c)(4) of the Texas Family Code, the department, facility or juvenile board may be entitled to specific case numbers assigned to allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation that were reported by the county requesting the data. A county may only request specific case numbers related to allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation pertaining to juvenile justice programs and facilities in its own county. (3) Requests from juvenile probation departments, facilities or juvenile boards made pursuant to either paragraph (1) or (2) of this section may be provided to the requestor via inter-governmental transfer. No exceptions to disclosure under the Public Information Act, Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code, are waived by the exchange, disclosure or dissemination of juvenile justice information under this rule. |
