Texas Local Government Code
§ 157.002 — MEDICAL CARE, HOSPITALIZATION, AND INSURANCE IN COUNTIES
LG § 157.002Title 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Part B. COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Ch. 157. ASSISTANCE, BENEFITS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · Art. A. MEDICAL CARE, HOSPITALIZATION, AND INSURANCE
Statute text
View on source(a)The commissioners court by rule may provide for medical care and hospitalization and may provide for compensation, accident, hospital, and disability insurance for the following persons if their salaries are paid from the funds of the county or funds of a flood control district located entirely in the county, or funds of a hospital district described by Section 281.0475, Health and Safety Code, located entirely in the county, or if they are employees of another governmental entity for which the county is obligated to provide benefits:
(1)deputies, assistants, and other employees of the county, or of the flood control district, or of the hospital district, who work under the commissioners court or its appointees;
(2)county and district officers and their deputies and assistants appointed under Subchapter A, Chapter 151;
(3)employees appointed under Section 76.004(b), Government Code;
(4)any retired person formerly holding any status listed above; and
(5)the dependents of any person listed above.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 2.77, eff. January 1, 2017.