Sec. 664.002. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 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:
(1) an understanding and diminution of the risk factors associated with society's most debilitating diseases;
(2) the development of greater work productivity and capacity;
(3) a reduction in absenteeism;
(4) a reduction of health insurance costs; and
(5) an increase in the general level of fitness.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
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
Section 664.002. Findings and Purpose
Section 664.004. Funds and Facilities for Health Fitness Programs
Section 664.005. Agreements With Other State, Local, or Federal Agencies