{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1001.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1001.054","heading":"MERIT PAY.","body":"Subject to rules adopted by the executive commissioner, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations. All merit pay for department employees must be given under the system established under this section or under rules adopted by the executive commissioner.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 1.09.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 12. HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH","CHAPTER 1001. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. PERSONNEL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.1001.htm#1001.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"c6321045f99ffaf0e8f0bb4dbe4c494db0eb3b81a2591608ca45bcfe6572a378","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1001.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1001.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}