Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
Subtitle C. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Chapter 177. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE FOR OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES, AND RETIREES OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 177.001. CERTAIN COVERAGE AUTHORIZED
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(a) A county or other political subdivision of this state may procure contracts insuring the political subdivision's officials, employees, and retirees or any class of the political subdivision's officials, employees, and retirees under a policy of group life, group health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment, or hospital, surgical, or medical expense insurance.
(b) The dependents of those officials, employees, and retirees may be insured under a group policy that provides:
(1) health insurance; or
(2) hospital, surgical, or medical expense insurance.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 , Sec. 1K.002, eff. April 1, 2009.