Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 40.038 · Subchapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECONDARY TRAUMA SUPPORT FOR CASEWORKERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "secondary trauma" means trauma incurred as a consequence of a person's exposure to acute or chronic trauma.
(b) The department shall develop and make available a program to provide ongoing support to caseworkers who experience secondary trauma resulting from exposure to trauma in the course of the caseworker's employment. The program must include critical incident stress debriefing. The department may not require that a caseworker participate in the program.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.40.htm
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