Tex. Gov't Code § 664.061 · Subchapter B. STATE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM
AGENCY WELLNESS POLICIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A state agency may:
(1) allow each employee 30 minutes during normal working hours for exercise three times each week;
(2) allow all employees to attend on-site wellness seminars when offered;
(3) provide eight hours of additional leave time each year to an employee who:
(A) receives a physical examination; and
(B) completes either an online health risk assessment tool provided by the department or a similar health risk assessment conducted in person by a worksite wellness coordinator;
(4) provide financial incentives, notwithstanding Section 2113.201, for participation in a wellness program developed under Section 664.053(e) after the agency establishes a written policy with objective criteria for providing the incentives;
(5) offer on-site clinic or pharmacy services in accordance with Subtitles B and J, Title 3, Occupations Code, including the requirements regarding delegation of certain medical acts under Chapter 157, Occupations Code; and
(6) adopt additional wellness policies, as determined by the agency.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Section 2254.003, in awarding a contract for on-site clinic services as provided by Subsection (a)(5), a state agency may consider whether the on-site clinic services will be provided by a physician-led organization that has its principal place of business in this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 665 (H.B. 1297), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 975 (H.B. 2020), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 946 (S.B. 277), Sec. 1.06(d), eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.664.htm
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