Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments
Overview of the Committee
The Committee, as outlined in statute, is comprised of twenty-one agencies and organizations with an interest in offenders with special needs. These include:
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Community Justice Assistance Division
- Correctional Institutions Division
- Parole Division
- Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
- Texas Department of Human Services
- Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
- Texas Rehabilitation Commission
- Central Education Agency
- Mental Health Association of Texas
- Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
- Texas Council of Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Centers
- Texas Commission on Jail Standards
- Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
- Texas Association for Retarded Citizens
- Texas Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- Parent Association for the Retarded of Texas, Inc.
- Texas Youth Commission
- Texas Department on Aging
In addition, the Governor appoints ten at large members who serve staggered six-year terms.