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.