A sick leave pool is established to help alleviate hardship caused to an employee and employee's immediate family if a catastrophic illness or injury forces the employee to exhaust all accrued paid leave time earned by that employee and to lose compensation from the state.

1. (1) The Department's Human Resources Director is designated as the pool administrator.
2. (2) The pool administrator will recommend a policy, operating procedures, and forms for the administration of this section to the Executive Director for inclusion in the Department's Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual.
3. (3) Operation of the pool shall be consistent with Tex. Gov't Code, Chapter 661, as amended.

Source Note:The provisions of this §1.3 adopted to be effective August 20, 2017, 42 TexReg 3964; amended to be effective August 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 4449.