Bill Text: TX HB331 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain presumptions applicable to claims for benefits or compensation for certain medical conditions brought by certain first responders.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2025-05-24 - Effective immediately [HB331 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB331-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 331 | ||
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| relating to certain presumptions applicable to claims for benefits | ||
| or compensation for certain medical conditions brought by certain | ||
| first responders. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 607.056, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 607.056. ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OR STROKE. (a) A | ||
| firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician who | ||
| suffers an acute myocardial infarction or stroke resulting in | ||
| disability or death is presumed to have suffered the disability or | ||
| death during the course and scope of employment as a firefighter, | ||
| peace officer, or emergency medical technician if: | ||
| (1) while on duty, the firefighter, peace officer, or | ||
| emergency medical technician: | ||
| (A) was engaged in a situation that involved | ||
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| fire suppression, rescue, hazardous material response, emergency | ||
| medical services, law enforcement, or other emergency response | ||
| activity; or | ||
| (B) participated in a training exercise that | ||
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| (2) the acute myocardial infarction or stroke occurred | ||
| not later than eight hours after the end of a shift in which [ |
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| the firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical technician was | ||
| engaging in the activity described under Subdivision (1). | ||
| (b) For purposes of this section, "[ |
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| or strenuous physical activity" does not include clerical, | ||
| administrative, or nonmanual activities. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a claim for benefits or compensation brought on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A claim for benefits or compensation | ||
| brought before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
| in effect on the date the claim was made, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 331 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 331 was passed by the Senate on May 9, | ||
| 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
