| (a) Pursuant to Texas Government Code, Chapter 661,
Subchapter A, State Employee Sick Leave Pool, the department has established
a sick leave pool to assist employees and their immediate families
in dealing with catastrophic illness or injury that forces them to
exhaust all accrued sick leave.
(b) The department’s sick leave pool shall be
administered by the executive director in accordance with Texas Government
Code, Chapter 661, Subchapter A; the Texas Human Resources Statutes
Inventory Manual and the Sick Leave Guide published by the Texas State
Auditor’s Office; and any other applicable laws and regulations.
(c) The executive director shall develop and prescribe
policies and procedures for the operation of the sick leave pool and
include those policies and procedures in the department's personnel
manual.
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