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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 11TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 343SECURE JUVENILE PRE-ADJUDICATION DETENTION AND POST-ADJUDICATION CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER BPRE-ADJUDICATION AND POST-ADJUDICATION SECURE FACILITY STANDARDS
RULE §343.332Behavioral Health Care Services for Sexual Abuse Victims

(a) A mental health provider shall assess any resident who, at the conclusion of an internal investigation or TJJD investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation that occurred in the facility, is found to have been the victim of a sexual assault. The mental health provider shall assess the need for crisis intervention counseling and any subsequent long-term, follow-up, or counseling services. The assessment and any subsequent counseling services shall be at no cost to the resident or the resident's family.

(b) Determinations as to what assessment and counseling services are necessary and appropriate shall be made by a mental health provider or in direct consultation with a mental health provider.


Source Note: The provisions of this §343.332 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 7095; amended to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 4387; amended to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9243

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