Tex. Gov't Code § 501.0921 · Subchapter C. CONTINUITY OF CARE PROGRAMS; REENTRY PROGRAM
RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall adopt a standardized instrument to assess, based on criminogenic factors, the risks and needs of each offender within the adult criminal justice system.
(b) The department shall make the risk and needs assessment instrument available for use by each community supervision and corrections department established under Chapter 76.
(c) The department and the Windham School District shall jointly determine the duties of each entity with respect to implementing the risk and needs assessment instrument in order to efficiently use existing assessment processes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1154 (S.B. 213), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.501.htm
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