N.M. Admin. Code § 22.510.100.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 22.510.100.7 - DEFINITIONS

In these definitions, all references to males are understood to include females. As used in these regulations:

A. "Administrative review" means a review conducted by the director or designee.

B. "Agenda" means the list of juvenile offenders who are to be considered for supervised release at the department's regular release consideration meetings.

C. "Board" means the juvenile public safety advisory board whose members are appointed pursuant to the Juvenile Public Safety Advisory Board Act, 1978 NMSA Sections 32A-7A-1 to 32A-7A-8.

D. "Department" means the New Mexico children, youth and families department.

E. "Director" means the administrative officer of the juvenile public safety advisory board appointed by the governor; the director shall employ other staff as necessary to carry out the administrative duties of the board.

F. "Facility" refers to a facility operated by or on behalf of CYFD's juvenile justice services for purposes of housing and providing care and rehabilitation for clients committed to the custody of CYFD.

G. "Facility release panel (panel)" is the departmental secretary-designated releasing authority that considers juveniles for supervised release.

H. "Facility transition coordinator (FTC)" means a department employee who works with the client and the client's multi-disciplinary team, juvenile probation officer, classification officer and regional transition coordinator to coordinate the client's care while in the facility and ensures that the required tasks of the client's supervised release or extension track are occurring in a timely manner.

I. "Home study" means the assessment conducted by the department of the living environment where the juvenile offender may reside during the term of supervised release; specific strengths and weaknesses of the living environment are identified through the home study process.

J. "Juvenile offender" means a child committed to the custody of the department pursuant to the Delinquency Act, 1978 NMSA Section 32A-2-1 through 32A-2-32; the term "juvenile offender" in this regulation includes those individuals who are committed as youthful offenders.

K. "Quorum" is a minimum number of members of a board who must be present to make decisions; for purposes of board participation in facility release panel meetings and hearings, quorum means at least one member of the board.

L. "Release consideration meeting" means a proceeding conducted by the panel for purposes of deciding whether to grant, deny, defer or revoke supervised release.

M. "Release plan" means the department's recommendation for the conditions the juvenile offender should be required to fulfill if released, and presents workable methods of dealing with the juvenile offender's problems and needs throughout the community intervention.

N. "Release agreement" means the conditions of supervised release as established by the panel. The juvenile is required to agree in writing to the conditions as a prerequisite to being placed on release status.

O. "Secretary" means the secretary of the children, youth and families department.

P. "Structured decision making (SDM)" means a system designed for use in case management of the juvenile population, and used by the department in the classification of committed juvenile offenders.

Q. "Supervised release" refers to the release of a juvenile, whose terms of commitment has not expired, from a facility for the care and rehabilitation of adjudicated delinquent children, with specified conditions to protect public safety and promote successful transition and reintegration into the community. A juvenile on supervised release is subject to monitoring by the department until the terms of commitment has expired, and may be returned to custody for violating conditions of release.

R. "Supervised release plan" means the department's recommendation for the conditions the juvenile offender should be required to fulfill if released and presents workable methods of dealing with the juvenile offender's problems and needs through community intervention.

S. "Supervised release recommendation report" is the report prepared by the FTC/designee to inform the panel of the juvenile's progress while committed and the juvenile's readiness for release through summaries of all the disciplines in the juvenile's plan of care and the plan for the juvenile if he or she is granted supervised release.

N.M. Admin. Code § 22.510.100.7

22.510.100.7 NMAC - Rp, 22.510.100.7 NMAC, 10/30/09; A, 6/1/10