Primary Department: Human Resources and Talent
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Andrea Coughlin Rowley; Chief People Officer
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of the Fit For Duty 2nd Opinion Policy by Human Resources and Talent.
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Background and Discussion:
Commissioners Court must adopt a procedure for second medical opinions and tie breaking medical opinions associated with fitness-for-duty examinations of certain employees of Harris County's law enforcement agencies. The procedure recommended mimics that required when additional medical examinations are conducted pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
In 2023, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement ("TCOLE), the licensing agency for law enforcement underwent a sunset review resulting in legislation aimed at improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and standards of professionalism of law enforcement in Texas.
Among those changes was adoption of Texas Occupations Code ?1701.167 which required TCOLE to adopt model policies for medical and psychological exams of license holders. Until the adoption of this law, TCOLE only required medical and psychological fitness for duty evaluations at the time of initial licensing. Now, TCOLE's model policy sets out a uniform procedure for medical and psychological examinations when a license holder may be unable to safely perform their duties due to an underlying physical ...
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