HBA-TYH H.B. 2422 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2422
By: Salinas
Economic Development
3/18/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Working couples, single parents, and persons caring for elderly family
members are finding it increasingly difficult to manage their work and
family responsibilities.  Employers who take into account the needs of the
family may reap benefits such as improved employee morale, increased job
productivity and performance, and reduced tardiness and absenteeism.  H.B.
2422 requires the Texas Work and Family Policies Clearinghouse to assign an
employee to work exclusively with state agencies to identify, develop, and
implement policies that assist agency employees in meeting their
responsibilities to their work and to their family. 

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. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 81.009, Labor Code, to require, rather than
authorize, the Work and Family Policies Clearinghouse to assign an employee
to serve as a work-family facilitator who shall be responsible for
assisting state agencies in developing work policies that assist agency
employees in meeting their responsibilities to their work and to their
families.  

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.