Sec. 607.002.  REIMBURSEMENT.  A public safety employee who is exposed to a contagious disease is entitled to reimbursement from the employing governmental entity 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' compensation claim;
(2)  the exposure to the disease occurs during the course of the employment;  and
(3)  the employee requires preventative medical treatment because of exposure to the disease.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.