{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-664.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 664.002","heading":"FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.","body":"Effective state administration is materially enhanced by programs designed to encourage and create a condition of health fitness in state administrators and employees and public money spent for these programs serves important public purposes, including:\n(1) an understanding and diminution of the risk factors associated with society's most debilitating diseases;\n(2) the development of greater work productivity and capacity;\n(3) a reduction in absenteeism;\n(4) a reduction of health insurance costs; and\n(5) an increase in the general level of fitness.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 664. STATE EMPLOYEES HEALTH FITNESS AND EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER A. STATE EMPLOYEES HEALTH FITNESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.664.htm#664.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"7e64d1323b734c33d6b170c589ccb3d0664177f4668844d0adcfa5424b3b0e88","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-664.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-664.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}