Sec. 493.031.  CASE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES.  (a)  Each facility under the oversight of the correctional institutions division shall establish a case management committee to assess each inmate in the facility and ensure the inmate is receiving appropriate services or participating in appropriate programs.  The case management committee shall:
(1)  review each individualized treatment plan adopted under Section 508.152 for an inmate in the facility and, as applicable, discuss with the inmate a possible treatment plan, including participation in any program or service that may be available through the department, the Windham School District, or any volunteer organization; and
(2)  meet with each inmate in the facility at the time of the inmate's initial placement in the facility and at any time in which the committee seeks to reclassify the inmate based on the inmate's refusal to participate in a program or service recommended by the committee.
(b)  A case management committee must include the members of the unit classification committee.  In addition to those members, a case management committee may include any of the following members, based on availability and inmate needs:
(1)  an employee whose primary duty involves providing rehabilitation and reintegration programs or services;
(2)  an employee whose primary duty involves providing vocational training or educational services to inmates;
(3)  an employee whose primary duty involves providing medical care or mental health care treatment to inmates; or
(4)  a representative of a faith-based or volunteer organization.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1154 (S.B. 213), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.