(a) The pool administrator will consider requests in the order in which they are received and will determine an employee's eligibility and approve or deny the request within five business days after the date on which a completed request form is received.
(b) If the pool administrator approves the request, the pool administrator will determine the amount of time that an employee may withdraw from the family leave pool based on:
  (1) the number of hours requested by the employee;
  (2) the documentation submitted in support of the requested leave;
  (3) the date and time the employee exhausted or will exhaust all eligible compensatory, discretionary, sick, and vacation leave; and
  (4) the limitations on the amount of withdrawals from the family leave pool provided by §4.75 of this subchapter (relating to Requests for Withdrawals).

Source Note: The provisions of this §4.76 adopted to be effective August 1, 2022, 47 TexReg 4558