Bill Text: TX SB1036 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a liaison to assist first responders with workers' compensation claims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1036 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1036-Introduced.html
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| By: Perry | S.B. No. 1036 | |
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| relating to the designation of a liaison to assist first responders | ||
| with workers' compensation claims. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 404, Labor Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 404.1525 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 404.1525. FIRST RESPONDER LIAISON. (a) In this | ||
| section, "first responder" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 504.055. | ||
| (b) The public counsel shall designate an employee of the | ||
| office to act as first responder liaison. | ||
| (c) The first responder liaison shall assist an injured | ||
| first responder and, if applicable, the ombudsman assigned to the | ||
| first responder's case, during a workers' compensation | ||
| administrative dispute resolution process. | ||
| (d) The first responder liaison: | ||
| (1) must meet the qualifications for designation as an | ||
| ombudsman under this subchapter; and | ||
| (2) is subject to the training and education | ||
| requirements for an ombudsman under this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 404.153, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) An employer that employs first responders or | ||
| supervises volunteer first responders shall notify the first | ||
| responders of the first responder liaison in the manner prescribed | ||
| by the office. In this subsection, "first responder" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 504.055. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
