| (a) The Health and Human Services Commission will develop
educational and training assistance policies that are applicable to
all HHS agency administrators and employees and are consistent with
the State Employees Training Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 656,
Subchapter C.
(1) The educational and training assistance policies
will include eligibility criteria for administrator and employee participation
in any available assistance opportunity as well as an explanation
of the administrators' and employees' responsibilities and potential
liabilities as participants.
(2) The Health and Human Services Commission makes
the educational and training assistance policies available to all
HHS agency administrators and employees.
(b) In accordance with Texas Government Code Chapter
656, Subchapter C, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
will only reimburse an HHS agency administrator or employee for tuition
expenses for a program course successfully completed at an accredited
institution of higher education or private or independent institution
of higher education.
(c) The Texas Health and Human Services Commission
executive commissioner must authorize the tuition reimbursement payment
before an HHS agency administrator or employee is reimbursed.
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