Bill Text: TX HB34 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to presumptive coverage for first responders that contract COVID-19.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB34 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB34-Introduced.html
By: Canales | H.B. No. 34 |
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relating to presumptive coverage for first responders that contract | ||
COVID-19. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 607.054, Government Code, is amended as | ||
follows: | ||
Section 607.054. TUBERCULOSIS, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, OR | ||
OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. A public safety employee [ |
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with the virus SARS-CoV-2 or with coronavirus disease 2019 | ||
(COVID-19) by a test approved by the Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention, suffers from tuberculosis, or any other disease or | ||
illness of the lungs or respiratory tract that has a statistically | ||
positive correlation with service as a firefighter, peace officer, | ||
or emergency medical technician, that results in death or total or | ||
partial disability is presumed to have contracted the disease or | ||
illness during the course and scope of employment as a firefighter, | ||
peace officer, or emergency medical technician. | ||
Section 2. This Act takes effect immediately. |