Bill Text: TX HB2503 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for certain spouses of certain employees killed in the line of duty.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2503 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2503-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for certain spouses of certain employees killed in the line of duty.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2503 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2503-Engrossed.html
By: Kacal, King of Hemphill, Guillen, | H.B. No. 2503 | |
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relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for | ||
certain spouses of certain employees killed in the line of duty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 408.183(b-1), Labor Code, is amended 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, or an | ||
individual described by Section 615.003(1), Government Code, or | ||
Section 501.001(5)(F), | ||
who suffered death in the course and scope | ||
of employment or while providing services as a volunteer. This | ||
subsection applies regardless of the date on which the death of the | ||
first responder or other individual occurred. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
408.183(b-1), Labor Code, applies only to an eligible spouse who | ||
remarries on or after the effective date of this Act. An eligible | ||
spouse who remarried before that date is governed by the law as it | ||
existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |