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Tex. Local Government Code § 157.106: INSURANCE POOL OR INSURANCE COMPANY NOT CREATED.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
- SUBTITLE B. COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
- CHAPTER 157. ASSISTANCE, BENEFITS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
- SUBCHAPTER F. GROUP HEALTH AND RELATED BENEFITS
If a county provides 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, to persons listed under Section 157.101(a)(1), the county:
(1) has not created an insurance pool with a flood control district, hospital district, or other governmental entity, unless the county enters into a contract under Chapter 172; and
(2) is not an insurance company subject to the Insurance Code or to regulation by the Texas Department of Insurance as an insurance company.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2005.
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