Texas Insurance Code - Not Codified - Article 3.51-2. County And Political Subdivision Of The State Of Texas--Officials, Employees, And Retirees
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Art. 3.51-2. COUNTY AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS--OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES, AND RETIREES. (a) Each county or
political subdivision of the State of Texas is authorized to
procure contracts insuring its officials, employees, and retirees
or any class or classes thereof under a policy or policies of group
life, group health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment,
and hospital, surgical, and/or medical expense insurance. The
dependents of any such officials, employees, and retirees may be
insured under group policies which provide health, hospital,
surgical and/or medical expense insurance. The employees'
contributions to the premiums for such insurance issued to the
employer as the policyholder may be deducted by the employer from
the employees' salaries when authorized in writing by the
respective employees so to do; provided, however, no state funds
shall be used to procure such contracts, nor shall any state funds
be used to pay premiums under said contracts of insurance.
(b) Any county or political subdivision of the State of
Texas which is authorized by law to procure a contract insuring its
respective officials, employees, and retirees or any class or
classes thereof under a policy or policies of group insurance
covering one or more risks may pay all or any portion of the
premiums on such policy or policies from the local funds of such
county or political subdivision of the State of Texas. A county or
political subdivision of the State of Texas may also pay all or any
portion of the premiums on group health, hospital, surgical and/or
medical expense insurance coverage for dependents of officials,
employees, and retirees.
(c) Each county or political subdivision of the State of
Texas is authorized to establish a fund to provide for the life,
health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment, and
hospital, surgical, and/or medical insurance of its officials,
employees and their dependents, and retirees, to be known as the
"health and insurance fund--employees and dependents." There shall
be credited to such fund such deductions as may be agreed to in
writing by any such official, employee, and retiree and
contributions from the county or political subdivision, from which
fund payment shall be authorized only for the payment of premiums on
life, group health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment,
and hospital, surgical, and/or medical expense insurance for
officials, employees, and retirees, and their dependents, under
such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the county or
political subdivision, which claims shall be payable under existing
laws in like manner as other county or other political subdivision
claims. No deduction from the salary of any official, employee, or
retiree shall be made except when he shall have consented in writing
to such deduction.
Added by Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 1090, ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Aug.
28, 1967. Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 278, ch. 120, Sec. 1,
eff. Sept. 1, 1975; Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 537, ch. 252, Sec. 1,
eff. Aug. 27, 1979.
Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1698, ch. 321, Sec. 1, eff. Aug.
29, 1983.
Article: 3.41a 3.49-3 3.50-7A 3.50-7A 3.50-7B 3.51 3.51-1 3.51-2 3.51-4 3.51-5 3.51-7 3.56 3.70-3D 4.01 4.11A
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