HBA- MPM H.B. 23 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 23
By: Corte
Public Education
3/11/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Public school employees who are assaulted in the workplace are allowed a
consecutive two-year recovery time period.  However, an assaulted employee
may suffer recurring injuries that are not directly related to the first
injury after the two year time period has lapsed.  Current law does not
allow the employee to take additional time to recover from the recurring
injury.  House Bill 23  entitles a public school employee one year of leave
time to recover from an assault and an additional second year of leave time
that may be used any time within five years of the initial injury. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 23 amends the Education Code to decrease the amount of leave
time from two years to one year that a school district employee is entitled
to take as a result of recovery from a physical assault which took place
during the employee's regular duties.  The bill also authorizes an
employee, before the fifth anniversary of the assault date, to receive
additional leave totaling no more than one year if two physicians certify
that additional recovery time is medically necessary due to a complication
or other injury that resulted from the assault. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage.  This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 school year.