Bill Text: TX HB1094 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for certain spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1094 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1094-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1094 | ||
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| relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for | ||
| certain spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 408.183, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an eligible spouse | ||
| who remarried is eligible for death benefits for life if the | ||
| employee was a first responder, as defined by Section 504.055, who | ||
| suffered death in the course and scope of employment or while | ||
| providing services as a volunteer. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 408.183, Labor Code, applies only to a claim for workers' | ||
| compensation benefits based on a compensable injury that occurs on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. A claim based on a | ||
| compensable injury that occurs before that date is governed by the | ||
| law as it existed on the date the compensable injury occurred, and | ||
| the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1094 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 1094 on May 28, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1094 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
| 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
