Tex. Ins. Code § 1551.319 · Subchapter G. CONTRIBUTIONS AND COSTS
AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTION FOR FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A full-time employee receives the benefits of a full state contribution for coverage under this chapter.
(b) A part-time employee receives the benefits of one-half of the amount of the state contribution received by a full-time employee.
(c) The superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf and the superintendent of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired shall determine whether an educational professional employee under contract with the school under Section 30.024 or 30.055, Education Code, as applicable, is a full-time employee for purposes of this chapter.
(d) The executive head of the Windham School District shall determine whether an educational professional employee of the school is a full-time employee for purposes of this chapter.
(e) This section does not prohibit an institution of higher education from contributing, from money not appropriated from the general revenue fund, amounts in excess of the state contribution for a part-time employee described by Section 1551.101(e)(2).
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the board of trustees establishes a supplemental health coverage program under Section 1551.221, the amount of the contribution made for an individual who elects to receive supplemental health coverage under the program may be reduced, as provided in the General Appropriations Act, to reflect the reduced cost of the supplemental health coverage.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 2.12, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 178 (H.B. 417), Sec. 2, eff. May 27, 2005.
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