(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.

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Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 40.038

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005