(a) Purpose. This rule establishes that the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) tracks the frequency with which the executive director takes certain actions and reports the resulting data to the TJJD Governing Board and the Sunset Advisory Committee.
(b) General Provisions.
  (1) The department shall track the frequency with which the executive director takes the following actions:
    (A) selecting youth for a conditional placement;
    (B) selecting youth for a home placement;
    (C) waiving the requirement for a youth with a determinate sentence to spend the youth's entire minimum period of confinement in a high-restriction facility;
    (D) waiving the requirement for a youth to be on intensive supervision when initially released on parole; and
    (E) authorizing the early discharge of a youth on parole.
  (2) The department shall compile frequency data outlined in paragraph (b)(1) on a quarterly basis. The department shall provide the frequency data from the previous quarter to the TJJD Governing Board and Sunset Advisory Commission at the beginning of each quarter.

Source Note: The provisions of this §380.8597 adopted to be effective July 15, 2024, 49 TexReg 5150