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

1. (1) The commission's Executive Director shall designate a pool administrator.
2. (2) The pool administrator will recommend a policy, operating procedures, and forms for the administration of this section for approval by the Executive Director.
3. (3) Operation of the pool shall be consistent with Texas Government Code, Chapter 661, Subchapter A. State Employee Sick Leave Pool.
4. (4) Adoption of this rule is required of state agencies by Texas Government Code §661.002.

Source Note:The provisions of this §11.18 adopted to be effective November 30, 2015, 40 TexReg 8640.