Bill Amendment: TX HB471 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to the entitlement to and claims for benefits for certain first responders and other employees related to illness and injury.

Status: 2023-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB471 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB471-House_Amendment_H_2_1-Patterson.html

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Amend CSHB 471 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  On page 6, line 21, between "services" and the comma, insert ", law enforcement".

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 504.051(a), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  Benefits provided under this chapter shall be offset:

(1)  to the extent applicable, by any amount for incapacity received as provided by:

(A)  Chapter 143 or 177A, Local Government Code; or

(B)  any other statute in effect on June 19, 1975, that provides for the payment for incapacity to work because of injury on the job that is also covered by this chapter; and

(2)  by any amount paid under Article III, Section 52e, of the Texas Constitution, as added in 1967.

SECTION ____.  Section 504.051(a), Labor Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a claim for workers' compensation benefits filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A claim filed before that date is governed by the law as it existed on the date the claim was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.