Tex. Gov't Code § 615.072 · Subchapter D. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR ELIGIBLE SURVIVORS
ELIGIBLE SURVIVORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A survivor of an individual listed under Section 615.071 is eligible for the health insurance benefits provided under this subchapter if:
(1) the listed individual died as a result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in the individual's position as described by Section 615.071; and
(2) the survivor is:
(A) the surviving spouse of the listed individual; or
(B) a dependent of the listed individual.
(b) In a determination of whether the survivor of an individual listed under Section 615.071 is eligible for the payment of assistance under this subchapter, any reasonable doubt arising from the circumstances of the individual's death shall be resolved in favor of the payment of assistance to the survivor.
(b-1) A survivor of an individual listed under Section 615.071 who would have been eligible for health insurance benefits during the life of the individual may not be denied health insurance benefits on the ground that the survivor was enrolled in group health insurance with another employer as of the date of the individual's death.
(c) In this section:
(1) "Personal injury" means an injury resulting from an external force, an activity, or a disease caused by or resulting from:
(A) a line-of-duty accident; or
(B) an illness caused by line-of-duty work under hazardous conditions.
(2) "Line of duty" means an action an individual listed under Section 615.071 is required or authorized by rule, condition of employment, or law to perform. The term includes an action by the individual at a social, ceremonial, athletic, or other function to which the individual is assigned by the individual's employer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.13(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 842, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 50 (S.B. 423), Sec. 4, eff. May 12, 2011.
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