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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 15TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 396EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND EDUCATION
RULE §396.2Educational and Training Assistance

(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.


Source Note: The provisions of this §396.2 adopted to be effective February 25, 2016, 41 TexReg 1222

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