(a) The board of regents of the system may require each employee, as a condition of employment, to acquire protection under a group life and accident insurance plan approved by the board.

(b) This section does not apply to an employee who is paid on a piece-work basis or on any basis other than by the hour, day, week, month, or year.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.