Sec. 1551.104. AUTOMATIC COVERAGE. (a) Subject to Sections 1551.101 and 1551.102, each full-time employee is covered automatically by the basic coverage plan for employees and each annuitant is covered by the basic coverage plan for annuitants unless:
(1) participation is specifically waived as provided by Section 1551.1045;
(2) the employee or annuitant is expelled from the program under Section 1551.351; or
(3) eligibility is otherwise limited by this chapter.
(b) This section does not apply to an employee described by Section 1551.101(e)(2).
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 366, Sec. 2.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 4.01, eff. August 29, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages
Subtitle H - Health Benefits and Other Coverages for Governmental Employees
Chapter 1551 - Texas Employees Group Benefits Act
Subchapter C. Coverage and Participation
Section 1551.101. Participation Eligibility: State Officers and Employees
Section 1551.102. Participation Eligibility: Annuitants
Section 1551.1021. Participation Eligibility: Certain Faculty of Institutions of Higher Education
Section 1551.1022. Participation Eligibility: Certain Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students
Section 1551.103. Right to Coverage
Section 1551.104. Automatic Coverage
Section 1551.105. Date Automatic Coverage Begins
Section 1551.1055. Date Eligibility Begins; Waiting Period
Section 1551.106. Group Coverage Plan Purchased to Provide for Automatic Coverage
Section 1551.107. Contingent Coverage
Section 1551.108. Continuing Eligibility of Certain Persons With Legislative Service or Employment
Section 1551.110. Ineligibility of Certain Junior College Employees
Section 1551.111. Participation by Certain Retirement Systems
Section 1551.112. Participation by Texas Turnpike Authority
Section 1551.113. Participation by Certain Employees Whose Positions Are Privatized or Eliminated
Section 1551.114. Participation by Community Supervision and Corrections Departments
Section 1551.115. Participation by Wrongfully Imprisoned Persons