SECTION 341.500. Mental Health Screening

(a) The TJJD mental health screening instrument must be completed for all juveniles who receive a formal referral to the juvenile probation department, except in the specific circumstances listed in paragraphs (1) - (2) of this subsection.

(1) A clinical assessment by a licensed mental health professional may be substituted for the TJJD mental health screening instrument if the assessment is completed within the time frames listed in subsection (b) of this section.

(2) The department is not required to complete an additional screening if the TJJD mental health screening instrument has been completed within the previous two weeks and is contained in the juvenile's case record.

(b) If the juvenile is not admitted into detention, the TJJD mental health screening instrument must be administered no later than 14 calendar days after the date of the first face-to-face contact between the juvenile and a juvenile probation officer. If the juvenile is admitted into detention, the detention facility is required under §343.404 of this title to administer the TJJD mental health screening instrument within 48 hours after admission and to send the results to the supervising juvenile probation officer.

(c) The individual administering the TJJD mental health screening instrument must have received training from:

(1) TJJD or its predecessor agency on administering the mental health screening instrument; or

(2) an individual who is documented to have received training from TJJD or its predecessor agency on administering the mental health screening instrument.

Source Note: The provisions of this §341.500 adopted to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 5433