50. The Government may authorize the Minister of Finance to take out, in favour of all public officers or employees of the Gouvernement du Québec or of any class or classes thereof, as it may determine, insurance policies against sickness, under the system known as “group insurance”, and may pay to the insurance companies or to the societies concerned a part of the necessary premium out of the consolidated revenue fund; provided that any public officer or employee may signify his desire not to be included in any such group.
The provisions of sections 48 and 49 shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to the insurance policies contemplated by this section.
R. S. 1964, c. 12, s. 50; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.