1. (a) A sick leave pool program is established to help alleviate the hardship caused to an employee and the employee's family if a catastrophic illness or injury forces the employee to exhaust all accrued leave time and to lose compensation from the state.
2. (b) The Human Resources Director or other employee designated by the Executive Administrator will act as Sick Leave Pool Administrator.
3. (c) The Sick Leave Pool Administrator, with the advice and consent of the Executive Administrator, will prescribe and implement a policy and procedures for operation of the sick leave pool program and include the policy in the Employee Handbook. The policy and procedures must be consistent with Texas Government Code Chapter 661.
4. (d) Employee donations to the sick leave pool are strictly voluntary and must be made in writing.

Source Note:The provisions of this §353.32 adopted to be effective June 3, 2018, 43 TexReg 3458.