Bill Text: TX HB264 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishment of an employee grievance procedure for the Health and Human Services Commission and Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Human Services [HB264 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB264-Introduced.html
| 87R560 SCL-F | ||
| By: Cortez | H.B. No. 264 | |
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| relating to establishment of an employee grievance procedure for | ||
| the Health and Human Services Commission and Department of Family | ||
| and Protective Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 531.0095 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 531.0095. EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. (a) The | ||
| executive commissioner by rule shall establish a grievance | ||
| procedure for commission employees. The procedure must allow a | ||
| commission employee to appeal an employment action taken by the | ||
| commission regarding: | ||
| (1) a disciplinary action imposed on the employee, | ||
| including: | ||
| (A) an oral or written reprimand; | ||
| (B) a demotion; | ||
| (C) a suspension; | ||
| (D) a reduction in compensation; and | ||
| (E) a termination for cause and at will; or | ||
| (2) the employee's compensation or working conditions, | ||
| including the hours the employee is required to work. | ||
| (b) An appeal made under this section is considered to be a | ||
| contested case under Chapter 2001. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 40.0335 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 40.0335. EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. (a) The | ||
| commissioner by rule shall establish a grievance procedure for | ||
| department employees. The procedure must allow a department | ||
| employee to appeal an employment action taken by the department | ||
| regarding: | ||
| (1) a disciplinary action imposed on the employee, | ||
| including: | ||
| (A) an oral or written reprimand; | ||
| (B) a demotion; | ||
| (C) a suspension; | ||
| (D) a reduction in compensation; and | ||
| (E) a termination for cause and at will; or | ||
| (2) the employee's compensation or working conditions, | ||
| including the hours the employee is required to work. | ||
| (b) An appeal made under this section is considered to be a | ||
| contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2022: | ||
| (1) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| Section 531.0095, Government Code, as added by this Act; and | ||
| (2) the commissioner of the Department of Family and | ||
| Protective Services shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| Section 40.0335, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
