Bill Text: TX HB3477 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to prohibited adverse employment action against an employee who in good faith reports child abuse or neglect.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3477 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3477-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Neave | H.B. No. 3477 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3477: | |||
By: Schofield | C.S.H.B. No. 3477 |
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relating to prohibited adverse employment action against an | ||
employee who in good faith reports child abuse or neglect. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 261.110(a), (b), and (c), Family Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Adverse employment action" means an action that | ||
affects an employee's compensation, promotion, transfer, work | ||
assignment, or performance evaluation, or any other employment | ||
action that would dissuade a reasonable employee from making or | ||
supporting a report of abuse or neglect under Section 261.101. | ||
(2) "Professional"[ |
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assigned by Section 261.101(b). | ||
(b) An employer may not suspend or terminate the employment | ||
of, [ |
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employment action against[ |
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in good faith: | ||
(1) reports child abuse or neglect to: | ||
(A) the person's supervisor; | ||
(B) an administrator of the facility where the | ||
person is employed; | ||
(C) a state regulatory agency; or | ||
(D) a law enforcement agency; or | ||
(2) initiates or cooperates with an investigation or | ||
proceeding by a governmental entity relating to an allegation of | ||
child abuse or neglect. | ||
(c) A person may sue for injunctive relief, damages, or both | ||
if, in violation of this section, the person: | ||
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the person's employment; | ||
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(3) suffers any other adverse employment action [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an adverse employment | ||
action taken by an employer against an employee that occurs on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. An adverse employment action | ||
taken by an employer against an employee that occurs before that | ||
date is governed by the law in effect on the date the action | ||
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |