Tex. Human Resources Code § 261.105
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 261.105, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 261.105. RISK FACTORS AND RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS.
Official statutory text
(a) The office shall develop a comprehensive set of risk factors to use in assessing the overall risk level of facilities and entities described by Section 261.101(f) and of department parole offices. The risk factors may include:
(1) the entity type;
(2) past and repeat children's rights violations;
(3) the volume and types of complaints received by the office;
(4) recent changes in a facility or parole office leadership;
(5) high staff turnover;
(6) relevant investigations by the office of the inspector general of the department;
(7) negative media attention; and
(8) the number of months since the date of the office's last inspection of the entity.
(b) The office shall use the risk factors developed under this section to guide the inspections of facilities and entities described by Section 261.101(f), and of department parole offices, by developing risk assessment tools with clear, objective standards to use in assessing the overall risk level of each facility, entity, or parole office.
(c) The office may develop distinct assessment tools under Subsection (b) for different entity types, as appropriate.
(d) The office shall periodically review the assessment tools developed under this section to ensure that the tools remain up to date and meaningful, as determined by the office.
(1) the entity type;
(2) past and repeat children's rights violations;
(3) the volume and types of complaints received by the office;
(4) recent changes in a facility or parole office leadership;
(5) high staff turnover;
(6) relevant investigations by the office of the inspector general of the department;
(7) negative media attention; and
(8) the number of months since the date of the office's last inspection of the entity.
(b) The office shall use the risk factors developed under this section to guide the inspections of facilities and entities described by Section 261.101(f), and of department parole offices, by developing risk assessment tools with clear, objective standards to use in assessing the overall risk level of each facility, entity, or parole office.
(c) The office may develop distinct assessment tools under Subsection (b) for different entity types, as appropriate.
(d) The office shall periodically review the assessment tools developed under this section to ensure that the tools remain up to date and meaningful, as determined by the office.
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