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Title 8. Public Retirement Systems
Subtitle A. Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Retirement Systems.
Chapter 802 - Administrative Requirements
Chapter 803 - Proportionate Retirement Program
Chapter 804 - Domestic Relations Orders and Spousal Consent
Chapter 805 - Credit Transfer Between ERS and TRS
Chapter 808 - Prohibition on Investment in Companies that Boycott Israel
Chapter 809 - Prohibition on Investment in Financial Companies that Boycott Certain Energy Companies
Subtitle C. Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Chapter 821 - General Provisions
Chapter 823 - Creditable Service
Chapter 830 - Optional Retirement Program
Title 10. General Government
Subtitle F. State and Local Contracts and Fund Management.
Chapter 2270 - Prohibition on Investment Public Money in Certain Investments
Chapter 2177 - Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative
Chapter 2276 - Prohibition on Contracts with Companies Boycotting Certain Energy Companies
Chapter 1575 – Texas Public School Retired Employees Group Benefits Program (TRS-Care)
Chapter 1579 – Texas School Employees Uniform Group Health Coverage (TRS-ActiveCare)
Chapter 1352 – Brain Injury
Chapter 1581 – Employer Expenditures for School Employee Health Coverage Plans
State-Mandated Health Benefits and Other Requirements
Chapter 1576 – Group Long-Term Care Insurance For Public School Employees
Chapter 1352 – Brain Injury
Chapter 38 - Subchapter I ("Texas All Payor Claims Database")
Chapter 1355 - Subchapter A ("Group Health Benefit Plan Coverage for Certain Serious Mental Illnesses and Other Disorders")
Chapter 1356 - Mammography and Other Breast Imaging
Chapter 1367 - Subchapter F (Coverage of Children: Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants)
Chapter 1369 - Benefits Related to Prescription Drugs and Devices and Related Services)
Subchapter B: Requirements Affecting Coverage of Specific Prescription Drugs or Cost Sharing
Subchapter C: Coverage of Prescription Contraceptive Drugs and Devices and Related Services
Subchapter D: Pharmacy Benefit Cards
Subchapter E-1. Coverage of Prescription Drugs for Stage-Four Advanced, Metastatic Cancer
Subchapter G. Standard Request Form for Prior Authorization of Prescription Drug Benefits
Subchapter J. Coverage Related to Prescription Drug Synchronization
Subchapter M. Contracts with Pharmacists and Pharmacies
Subchapter N. Coverage of Prescription Drugs for Autoimmune Diseases and Certain Blood Disorders
Subchapter Q. Clinician-Administered Drugs
Chapter 1371 - Coverage for Certain Prosthetic Devices, Orthotic Devices, and Related Services
Chapter 1372 - Coverage for Biomarker Testing
Chapter 1377 - Coverage for Certain Amino Acid-Based Elemental Formulas
Chapter 1379 - Coverage for Routine Patient Care Costs for Enrollees Participating in Certain Clinical Trials
Chapter 1380 - Human Organ Transplant
Chapter 1458 - Provider Network Contract Arrangements
Subchapter C. Rights and Responsibilities of a Contracting Entity
Chapter 1551 - Texas Employees Group Benefits Act
Section 1551.102 - Participation Eligibility: Annuitants
Chapter 1560 - Delivery of Prescription Drugs by Mail
Chapter 1662 - Health Care Cost Transparency
Chapter 4201 - Subchapter N (Utilization Review Agents: Exemption from Preauthorization Requirements for Physicians and Providers Providing Certain Health Care Services)Subchapter A. General Provisions
Chapter 12. Charters.
Subchapter B. Home-Rule School District Charter.
§ 12.012. Applicability of Laws and Rules to Home-Rule School District
Subchapter C. Campus or Campus Program Charter.
Sec. 12.055. Applicability of Laws and Rules to Campus or Program Granted Charter
Subchapter D. Open-Enrollment Charter School.
§ 12.1057. Membership in Teacher Retirement System of Texas
§ 12.1164. Notice to Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Chapter 19. Schools in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Chapter 21. Educators.
Subchapter I. Duties and Benefits
Subchapter J. Staff Development.
§ 21.452. Developmental Leaves of Absence
Chapter 22. School District Employees and Volunteers.
§ 22.004. Group Health Benefits for School Employees
§ 22.007. Incentives for Early Retirement
Chapter 29. Educational Programs
Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Programs
Sec. 29.912. Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) Program
Chapter 33. Service Programs and Extracurricular Activities
Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions.
Chapter 37. Discipline; Law and Order.
Subchapter A. Alternative Settings for Behavior Management.
§ 37.011. Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program