A state employee who is a foster parent to a child under the conservatorship of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction in salary for the purpose of attending:

1. (1) meetings held by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services regarding the child under the foster care of the employee; or
2. (2) an admission, review, and dismissal meeting held by a school district regarding the child under the foster care of the employee.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.