SRC-JJJ S.B. 1806 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1806
By: Bernsen
Intergovernmental Relations
5/3/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, municipalities are not required to provide counseling services
to public safety employees who have been exposed to an emergency scene or
incident involving the death or serious injury of another person to whom
the public employee is providing service in the performance of the
employee's official duties.  S.B. 1806 would establish provisions regarding
critical incident stress debriefings of public safety employees. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1806 establishes provisions regarding critical incident
stress debriefings of public safety employees. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 180, Local Government Code, by adding Subsection
180.004, to define "public safety employee."  Requires a municipality to
provide counseling services to an employee, upon request by an affected
public safety employee, if the employee is exposed to an emergency scene or
incident involving the death or serious injury of another person to whom
the public safety employee is providing service in the performance of the
employee's official duties. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
            Effective date: 90 days upon adjournment.