Bill Text: TX HB2771 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to employment activities of certain emergency response personnel for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2771 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2771-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2771 |
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relating to employment activities of certain emergency response | ||
personnel for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 401.026 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 401.026. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE | ||
PERSONNEL. For purposes of this subtitle, the travel of a | ||
firefighter or emergency medical personnel en route to an emergency | ||
call is considered to be in the course and scope of the | ||
firefighter's or emergency medical personnel's employment. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2771 was passed by the House on April | ||
28, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2771 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |