37 Tex. Admin. Code § 810.122
Definitions
Effective Feb 8, 201742 TexReg 481 Source Note: The provisions of this §810.122 adopted to be effective October 22, 2006, 31 TexReg 8520; amended to be effective April 24, 2011, 36 TexReg 2396; transferred effective September 1, 2011, as published in the Texas Register December 9, 2011, 36 TexReg 8391; amended to be effective December 30, 2012, 37 TexReg 9965; amended to be effective February 8, 2017, 42 TexReg 481. Texas Secretary of State
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- (1) Act--Health and Safety Code Chapter 841, Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators.
- (2) Case Management Team--All professionals involved in the assessment, treatment, supervision, monitoring, residential housing of the client, or other approved professionals. The case manager assigned by the office shall act as the chairperson of the team.
- (3) Clinical Examiner--A person or persons employed by or under contract with the office to conduct a biennial examination to assess any change in the behavioral abnormality for a person committed under the Act, §841.081.
- (4) Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)--Members of the Texas Civil Commitment Office (two), a licensed sex offender treatment provider from the Council on Sex Offender Treatment (one), Texas Department of Criminal Justice Rehabilitation Programs Division - sex offender rehabilitation program (one), Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Victim Service Division (one), a licensed peace officer employed by the Texas Department of Public Safety with at least five years' experience working for that department or the officer's designee (one), and a mental health professional from the Texas Department of State Health Services (one). The team assesses whether a person is a repeat sexually violent offender and whether the person is likely to commit a sexually violent offense after release; gives notice of its findings to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and recommends that the person be assessed for a behavioral abnormality.
- (5) Office--The Texas Civil Commitment Office (TCCO) including the Governing Board (Government Code Chapter 420A).
Source Note:The provisions of this §810.122 adopted to be effective October 22, 2006, 31 TexReg 8520; amended to be effective April 24, 2011, 36 TexReg 2396; transferred effective September 1, 2011, as published in the Texas Register December 9, 2011, 36 TexReg 8391; amended to be effective December 30, 2012, 37 TexReg 9965; amended to be effective February 8, 2017, 42 TexReg 481.