607.001
(a) In this chapter, “public safety employee” means a peace officer, fire fighter, detention officer, county jailer, or emergency medical services employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state. (b) In this subchapter: (1) “Death investigation professional” means: (A) a justice of the peace; (B) a death investigator employed under Article 49.23, […]
607.153
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a political subdivision shall provide to a firefighter or peace officer who retires from the political subdivision a critical-illness supplemental income benefit or comparable health benefit plan coverage in accordance with this section if the firefighter or peace officer is diagnosed with a disease described by Section 607.055 […]
2001.042
Notwithstanding any other law, in a judicial proceeding in this state, including an action subject to Section 2001.038, a court is not required to give deference to a state agency’s legal determination regarding the construction, validity, or applicability of the law or a rule adopted by the state agency responsible for the rule’s administration, implementation, […]
607.003
A public safety employee or death investigation professional who is exposed to a disease described by Section 607.002 is entitled to be treated for the prevention of that disease by the physician of the employee’s or professional’s choice. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2025, 89th […]
607.004
(a) A certified fire fighter, peace officer, or other governmental employee who operates an ambulance or who responds to emergency medical calls is entitled to preventative immunization for any disease to which the fire fighter, peace officer, or other governmental employee may be exposed in performing official duties and for which immunization is possible. (a-1) […]
607.002
(a) A public safety employee or death investigation professional who is exposed to a contagious disease is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable medical expenses incurred in treatment for the prevention of the disease if: (1) the disease is not an “ordinary disease of life” as that term is used in the context of a workers’ […]
2001.007
(a) A state agency shall make available through a generally accessible Internet site: (1) the text of its rules; and (2) any material, such as a letter, opinion, or compliance manual, that explains or interprets one or more of its rules and that the agency has issued for general distribution to persons affected by one […]
2001.022
(a) A state agency shall determine whether a rule may affect a local economy before proposing the rule for adoption. If a state agency determines that a proposed rule may affect a local economy, the agency shall prepare a local employment impact statement for the proposed rule. The impact statement must describe in detail the […]
2001.0221
(a) A state agency shall prepare a government growth impact statement for a proposed rule. (b) A state agency shall reasonably describe in the government growth impact statement whether, during the first five years that the rule would be in effect: (1) the proposed rule creates or eliminates a government program; (2) implementation of the […]
2001.024
(a) The notice of a proposed rule must include: (1) a brief explanation of the proposed rule; (2) the text of the proposed rule, except any portion omitted under Section 2002.014, prepared in a manner to indicate any words to be added or deleted from the current text and, to the extent practicable, written in […]