Sec. 1551.115. PARTICIPATION BY WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED PERSONS. Subject to Section 103.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a person who is entitled to compensation under Chapter 103, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is eligible to obtain health benefit plan coverage under the group benefits program in the manner and to the extent that an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice would be entitled to coverage, except that this section does not entitle the person's spouse or other dependent or family member to coverage.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 698 (H.B. 417), Sec. 9, eff. June 17, 2011.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1107 (S.B. 1686), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.
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