The purpose of the sick leave pool program is to provide additional sick leave for an employee when the employee or the employee's immediate family member has a catastrophic illness or injury which causes the employee to exhaust all paid leave. Authority for the creation of the sick leave pool program is contained in Government Code, Chapter 661, Subchapter A, State Employee Sick Leave Pool.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §4.50 adopted to be effective October 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 8479; amended to be effective November 15, 2000, 25 TexReg 11294; amended to be effective November 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 8546