Bill Text: TX HB1896 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a mental health leave policy for certain telecommunicators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-16 - Filed [HB1896 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1896-Introduced.html
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| By: Cole | H.B. No. 1896 | |
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| relating to a mental health leave policy for certain | ||
| telecommunicators. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 614.015(a)(2), Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (2) "Telecommunicator" means a person authorized to | ||
| act as a telecommunicator under Section 1701.405, Occupations Code, | ||
| or in a similar capacity under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, each agency required to adopt a mental health leave | ||
| policy under Section 614.015, Government Code, as amended by this | ||
| Act, shall adopt a mental health leave policy as prescribed by that | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
