McMillen v. Texas Health & Human Services Commission

This Whistleblower Act case concerns whether a state employee’s alleged report of a legal violation was made to an appropriate law-enforcement authority. The court of appeals held that a former employee of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission did not report to such'an authority. 483 S.W.3d 576, 582, 2015 WL 134686 (Tex.App.-Austin 2015). We disagree. Because the reported-to persons had power beyond internal discipline to regulate under or enforce the law allegedly violated, they were an appropriate law-enforcement authority under the Whistleblower Act. Accordingly, we reverse the…