Section 614.015 - Mental Health Leave For Peace Officers And Telecommunicators(a) In this section: (1) "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. Tex. Gov't. Code § 614.015
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1119,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 396,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2021.