| (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.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §380.85033 adopted to be effective December 31, 1996, 21 TexReg 11956; amended to be effective October 1, 1997, 22 TexReg 9480; amended to be effective June 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 4461; amended to be effective December 16, 1999, 24 TexReg 10361; amended to be effective September 25, 2000, 25 TexReg 9223; amended to be effective June 8, 2003, 28 TexReg 4310; amended to be effective December 14, 2003, 28 TexReg 11099; amended to be effective April 25, 2004, 29 TexReg 3797; amended to be effective November 8, 2005, 30 TexReg 7230; amended tobe effective September 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 5539; transferred effective June 4, 2012, as published in the Texas Register June 22, 2012, 37 TexReg 4639; amended to be effective April 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 2127; amended to be effective March 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 714 |
