1. (a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish procedures for providing the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) with an opportunity to review and comment on reports issued by the Office of the Independent Ombudsman (OIO) concerning TYC.

2. (b) The OIO shall accept, both before and after publication of the following OIO reports, comments from TYC concerning those reports:

   1. (1) quarterly reports issued under Human Resources Code §64.055;
   2. (2) reports concerning serious or flagrant circumstances issued under Human Resources Code §64.055(b); and
   3. (3) any other formal reports containing findings and making recommendations concerning systemic issues that affect TYC.
3. (c) The OIO shall ensure that reports described in subsection (b) of this section are in a format to which TYC can easily respond.
4. (d) Pursuant to Human Resources Code §64.060(b), TYC may not submit comments after the 30th day after the date the report on which TYC is commenting is published.
5. (e) After receipt of comments from TYC regarding a report issued by the OIO, whether the comments are received before or after publication of the report, the ombudsman is not obligated to change the report.

Source Note:The provisions of this §601.19 adopted to be effective April 3, 2011, 36 TexReg 2006.