Bill Text: TX HB27 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to protection of employers from liability and certain other penalties in connection with the provision of employee benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB27-Introduced.html
88R1921 SCL-D | ||
By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 27 |
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relating to protection of employers from liability and certain | ||
other penalties in connection with the provision of employee | ||
benefits. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 142B to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 142B. ACTIONS ARISING FROM PROVISION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS | ||
Sec. 142B.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Employee" means a person who, for compensation, | ||
performs services for an employer under a written or oral contract, | ||
whether express or implied. | ||
(2) "Employee benefit" means a benefit provided in | ||
connection with employment other than wages. The term includes a | ||
payment for the costs associated with receiving a health care | ||
service in another state. | ||
Sec. 142B.002. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN ACTIONS ARISING FROM | ||
PROVISION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. (a) Notwithstanding any other | ||
law, a civil action may not be brought and a disciplinary action may | ||
not be taken against an employer based solely on the employer's | ||
choice to offer or provide a particular employee benefit. | ||
(b) This section does not create a cause of action or expand | ||
an existing cause of action. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 142B.002, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an employee benefit | ||
provided on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |