By: Uresti, et al. S.B. No. 771
(Raymond)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training for certain employees of the Department of
Family and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 40.037 to read as follows:
Sec. 40.037. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
MANAGERS. (a) The department shall develop and implement a
training program that each employee who is newly hired or promoted
to a management position in the child protective services division
must complete before the employee begins serving in the management
position.
(b) The training program must be designed to assist the
employee in developing skills, including communication,
decision-making, and strategic thinking skills, to prepare the
employee to assume management duties, including managing employee
workloads, conducting effective unit meetings, managing a mobile
workforce, implementing program and operational policies, and
completing performance plans.
(c) The department may waive the training required by this
section for an employee who has completed another training program
provided by the department that is similar to the management
training required by this section.
SECTION 2. Section 40.037, Human Resources Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a person who is newly hired or promoted
to a management position in the child protective services division
of the Department of Family and Protective Services on or after
January 1, 2014.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.