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| 1 | 1 | 86R13655 SCL-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cortez H.B. No. 2592 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to establishment of an employee grievance procedure for | |
| 8 | 8 | the Health and Human Services Commission and Department of Family | |
| 9 | 9 | and Protective Services. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 531.0095 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 531.0095. EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. The executive | |
| 14 | 14 | commissioner by rule shall establish a grievance procedure for | |
| 15 | 15 | commission employees and employees of the Department of Family and | |
| 16 | 16 | Protective Services. The procedure must allow an employee to | |
| 17 | 17 | appeal a dispute regarding: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) a disciplinary action, including: | |
| 19 | 19 | (A) an oral or written reprimand; | |
| 20 | 20 | (B) a demotion; | |
| 21 | 21 | (C) a suspension; | |
| 22 | 22 | (D) a reduction in compensation; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (E) a termination for cause and at will; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) the employee's compensation or working conditions, | |
| 25 | 25 | including required working hours. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, the executive | |
| 27 | 27 | commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | |
| 28 | 28 | adopt rules necessary to implement Section 531.0095, Government | |
| 29 | 29 | Code, as added by this Act. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |