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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 614.015. Mental Health Leave for Peace Officers and Telecommunicators

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this section:

(1) “Law, “law enforcement agency” means an agency of the state or of a political subdivision of the state authorized by law to employ peace officers.

(2) “Telecommunicator” means a person authorized to act as a telecommunicator under Section 1701.405, Occupations Code.

(b) Each law enforcement agency, and each agency of the state or of a political subdivision of the state that employs a full-time telecommunicator, shall develop and adopt a policy allowing the use of mental health leave by the peace officers and full-time telecommunicators, as applicable, employed by the agency who experience a traumatic event in the scope of that employment.

(c) A mental health leave policy adopted under this section must:

(1) provide clear and objective guidelines establishing the circumstances under which a peace officer or telecommunicator is granted and may use mental health leave;

(2) entitle a peace officer or telecommunicator to mental health leave without a deduction in salary or other compensation;

(3) enumerate the number of mental health leave days available to a peace officer or telecommunicator; and

(4) detail the level of anonymity for a peace officer or telecommunicator who takes mental health leave.

(d) A mental health leave policy adopted under this section may provide a list of mental health services available to peace officers and telecommunicators in the area of the law enforcement or employing agency.

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