In the event that any person employed full time by Etowah County, Alabama, has to be laid off due to insufficient funds, the county shall continue to pay the health insurance premium necessary to keep such employee's health insurance in force until either such time as the employee commences full-time employment elsewhere or a period of six months has lapsed from the date of such layoff, whichever occurs first.
Ala. Code § 45-28-120 (1975)