Texas Local Government Code
§ 157.101 — GROUP HEALTH AND RELATED BENEFITS
LG § 157.101Title 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. F. GROUP HEALTH AND RELATED BENEFITS
Statute text
View on source(a)A commissioners court by rule, including through an intergovernmental risk pool organized under Chapter 172, may provide for group health and related benefits, including medical care, surgical care, hospitalization, and pharmaceutical, life, accident, disability, long-term care, vision, dental, mental health, and substance abuse benefits, 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 of a community supervision and corrections department established under Chapter 76, Government Code;
(4)a retired person formerly holding a status listed in Subdivisions (1)-(3); and
(5)the dependents of a person listed in Subdivisions (1)-(4).
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2005.