(a) 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.
(b) The Administrator for Human Resources, or his or
her designee, will administer the sick leave pool.
(c) The pool administrator will develop and maintain
a policy, operating procedures, and forms for the administration of
the sick leave pool, subject to approval by the Deputy Commissioner.
(d) Operation of the pool shall be consistent with
the Texas Government Code, Chapter 661, Subchapter A.
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