Hospitalization insurance for officers and employees.
Memphis Charter, art. 27, § 190.1
in effectSec. 190.1. - Hospitalization insurance for officers and employees.
The Board of Commissioners of said City [Memphis] be and they are hereby authorized to establish, by ordinance, a hospitalization plan for all officers and persons regularly employed by said City and members of their families; to determine who shall be eligible to participate under said plan; to incur the expense of experts to determine the feasibility of such a plan, its probable costs and administrative matters pertaining thereto; to contract with any insurance company licensed to do business in Tennessee in connection therewith, or any hospital doing business in Shelby County, Tennessee, including, but not limited to the John Gaston Memorial Hospital; to determine to what extent, if any, the cost of such hospitalization shall be borne by employees, by the City of Memphis, or both, and fix rates based on the beneficiaries of such plan; to determine how the share of the employee, if any, shall be collected; to appropriate and pay for the share, if any, of the City of Memphis; to provide for the administration of said plan and the costs in connection therewith, and to do all things necessary to establish and carry out the purpose of this Act.
(Priv. Acts 1953, ch. 292, § 1)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART27OFEMGE_S190.1HOINOFEMFetched: 10/28/2026