Texas § 1551.401 EMPLOYEES LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND BENEFITS FUND.

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§ 1551.401 — EMPLOYEES LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND BENEFITS FUND.

Texas § 1551.401

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Tex. Insurance Code Code Ann. § 1551.401 (2026).

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Sec. 1551.401. EMPLOYEES LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND BENEFITS FUND.

(a)The employees life, accident, and health insurance and benefits fund is in the state treasury.

(b)The board of trustees shall administer the fund.

(c)Contributions of participants and the state provided for under this chapter shall be credited to the fund.

(d)The fund is available:

(1)without fiscal year limitation for all payments for any coverages provided for under this chapter; and

(2)for payment of expenses of administering this chapter within the limitations that may be specified annually by the legislature.

(e)The board of trustees shall regularly set aside in the fund an amount equal to a percentage of the contributions made by participants and the state that the board determines is reasonabl

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Sec. 1551.401. EMPLOYEES LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND BENEFITS FUND. (a) The employees life, accident, and health insurance and benefits fund is in the state treasury.
(b) The board of trustees shall administer the fund.
(c) Contributions of participants and the state provided for under this chapter shall be credited to the fund.
(d) The fund is available:
(1) without fiscal year limitation for all payments for any coverages provided for under this chapter; and
(2) for payment of expenses of administering this chapter within the limitations that may be specified annually by the legislature.
(e) The board of trustees shall regularly set aside in the fund an amount equal to a percentage of the contributions made by participants and the state that the board determines is reasonably adequate to pay the expenses of administering this chapter.
(f) The board of trustees, from time to time and in amounts it considers appropriate, may transfer unused funds for administrative expenses to the contingency reserves to be used by the board only for charges, claims, and expenses under the group benefits program.
(g) Except as provided by Section 1551.259 (d), the retirement system may deposit to the credit of the fund any unclaimed money on a finding that a good faith effort has been made to locate the person entitled to the money.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (H.B. 2559 ), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2009.