Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 37 and Title 71.

This bill authorizes an employee of this state within the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of government ("state employee") to do the following, within a 12-month period:<br /> <br /> (1) Participate in Tennessee foster parent training during the course of their employment for up to 25 hours without having to use paid sick, annual, or compensatory time. If a state employee participates in such training, the state employee is not entitled thereafter to participate in such training during the course of their employment without using paid sick, annual, or compensatory time; and<br /> <br /> (2) Complete annual in-service training during the course of their employment for up to eight hours without having to use paid sick, annual, or compensatory time.<br /> <br /> FORMS<br /> <br /> This bill requires the department of human resources to develop a form to be used by the department of children's services to document the completion of foster parent training under (1) above by a state employee. Upon completion of such training, the department of children's services must document the amount of training completed on the appropriate form and return the form to the employee's employing state agency in accordance with the pay period for such employee.<br /> <br /> This bill also requires the department of human resources to develop a form to be used by an employee to complete the training under (2) above.<br />