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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Human Resources Code § 244.005: DETERMINATION OF TREATMENT.

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  1. HUMAN RESOURCES CODE
  2. TITLE 12. JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES AND FACILITIES
  3. SUBTITLE C. SECURE FACILITIES
  4. CHAPTER 244. CARE AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN
  5. SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL CARE AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN

When a child has been committed to the department, the department may:

(1) permit the child liberty under supervision and on conditions the department believes conducive to acceptable behavior;

(2) order the child's confinement under conditions the department believes best designed for the child's welfare and the interests of the public;

(3) order reconfinement or renewed release as often as conditions indicate to be desirable;

(4) revoke or modify any order of the department affecting a child, except an order of final discharge, as often as conditions indicate; or

(5) discharge the child from control when the department is satisfied that discharge will best serve the child's welfare and the protection of the public.

Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter E, Chapter 61 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.007, eff. September 1, 2011.

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