Texas Education Code - Section 22.005. Health Care Plan And Fund
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§ 22.005. HEALTH CARE PLAN AND FUND. (a) The board of
trustees of a school district may establish a health care plan for
employees of the district and dependents of employees.
(b) In implementing the health care plan, the board shall
establish a fund to pay, as authorized under the plan, all or part
of the actual costs for hospital, surgical, medical, dental, or
related health care incurred by employees of the district or any
dependent whose participation in the program is being supported by
deductions from the salary of an employee. Under the plan, the fund
also may be used to pay the costs of administering the fund. The
fund consists of money contributed by the school district and money
deducted from salaries of employees for dependent or employee
coverage. Money for the fund may not be deducted from the salary of
a school district employee unless the employee authorizes the
deduction in writing. The plan shall attempt to protect the school
district against unanticipated catastrophic individual loss, or
unexpectedly large aggregate loss, by securing individual
stop-loss coverage, or aggregate stop-loss coverage, or both, from
a commercial insurer.
(c) The board may amend or cancel the district's health care
plan at any regular or special meeting of the board. If the plan is
canceled, any valid claim against the fund for payment of health
care costs resulting from illness or injury occurring during the
time the plan was in effect shall be paid out of the fund. If the
fund is insufficient to pay the claim, the costs shall be paid out
of other available school district funds.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 21.705 21.706 21.707 22.001 22.002 22.003 22.004 22.005 22.006 22.007 22.051 22.0511 22.0512 22.0513 22.0514
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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