Bill Text: TX HB2082 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of a liaison to assist first responders with workers' compensation claims.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2082 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2082-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2082 | ||
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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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2082 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 7, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2082 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
