37 Tex. Admin. Code § 145.7 - Initial Review

(a) The Board shall conduct an initial review of an offender, who is eligible to be released on parole, no later than the 180th day of the offender's admission to the TDCJ CID.

(b) The Board shall identify the classes or programs listed in the Individual Treatment Plans as the classes or programs that the Board intends to require the offender to complete before releasing the offender on parole. TDCJ shall provide the offender with a copy of the Individual Treatment Plan, which includes a list of classes or programs.

(c) Before the offender is approved for release on parole, the offender must agree to participate in the classes or programs described by the Individual Treatment Plan. Refusal to participate in the classes or programs described by the Individual Treatment Plan shall be considered by the Board when reviewing the offender for parole.

(d) The identification of any classes or programs under subsection (b) of this section shall have no effect on any discretionary decision made by the Board regarding any offender and does not imply a right or expectation by an offender to parole based upon the completion of the classes or programs.

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37 Tex. Admin. Code § 145.7

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 44, November 3, 2017, TexReg 6187, eff. 11/12/2017; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 05, February 3, 2023, TexReg 0522, eff. 2/9/2023