Tex. Gov't Code § 615.077 · Subchapter D. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR ELIGIBLE SURVIVORS
PAYMENTS; RATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An eligible survivor who is entitled to coverage under this subchapter:
(1) is entitled to:
(A) make payments for the coverage or have payments made on the survivor's behalf at the same time and to the same entity that payments for coverage are made by current employees of the employing entity; and
(B) obtain the coverage at the rate paid by current employees of the employing entity for that coverage; and
(2) may not be required to pay a premium amount for the coverage that is greater than the premium amount that a current employee of the employing entity without a spouse is required to pay to cover the employee alone or to cover the employee and the employee's dependent children, as applicable to the eligible survivor.
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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 55 (S.B. 872), Sec. 6, eff. May 19, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 50 (S.B. 423), Sec. 9, eff. May 12, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.615.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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