| (a) Purpose. This policy establishes a system for Texas
Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) staff to transport youth among
assigned placements and settings using the TJJD Statewide Transportation
Unit (the Transportation Unit).
(b) General Provisions.
(1) The Transportation Unit and individual facility
and parole staff may transport or coordinate the transportation of
TJJD youth to and from TJJD facilities and community placements and
settings.
(2) Requests for transportation must be approved by
the sending chief local administrator or designee following completion
of any due process required for youth movement.
(3) The Transportation Unit provides transportation
among residential facilities operated by TJJD and between facilities
operated by TJJD and contract care programs. The Transportation Unit
also provides transportation for youth being returned to a TJJD facility
from community-based detention, community placements and settings,
or jail. Transportation assistance may be required from TJJD staff
or contract care staff at times in order to meet the needs of facilities,
community-based detention, community placements and settings, or jails.
(4) When youth are transported between residential
facilities operated by TJJD, staff also transport the youth's case
file, if available.
(5) County personnel are responsible for transporting
all newly committed youth to the TJJD assessment unit and for providing
all transportation necessary to meet requirements of a bench warrant.
However, the Transportation Unit may provide courtesy transportation
or may assist in coordinating transportation of newly committed youth
and youth being moved via the Interstate Compact for Juveniles.
(6) Use or possession of chemical agents by TJJD staff
is prohibited during transportation.
(7) Use of mechanical restraint during transportation
must be in accordance with §380.9723 of this title.
(8) If transportation is not provided or coordinated
by the Transportation Unit, the sending facility arranges and, if
necessary, pays for transportation of a youth to a placement or home.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §385.9959 adopted to be effective December 31, 1996, 21 TexReg 12194; amended to be effective June 16, 2005, 30 TexReg 3434; transferred effective June 4, 2012, as published in the Texas Register June 22, 2012, 37 TexReg 4639; amended to be effective December 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 8632 |
