By: Frazier, Garcia H.B. No. 2600
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the employment of peace officers who seek or receive
  mental health care.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter A-1, Chapter 614,
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER A-1. PROVISIONS RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH [LEAVE]
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A-1, Chapter 614, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 614.014 and 614.016 to read as follows:
         Sec. 614.014.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "law
  enforcement agency" means an agency of this state or an agency of a
  political subdivision of this state authorized by law to employ
  peace officers.
         Sec. 614.016.  TERMINATION FOR SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH CARE
  PROHIBITED. A law enforcement agency may not terminate the
  employment of a peace officer solely because the peace officer has
  sought or received mental health care.
         SECTION 3.  Section 614.015(a), Government Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 4.  Section 614.016, Government Code, as added by
  this Act, applies to mental health care regardless of whether the
  care was sought or received by a peace officer before, on, or after
  the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.