Bill Text: TX HB3652 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the workers' compensation death benefits paid to the beneficiaries of certain state service members killed in the line of duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-29 - No action taken in committee [HB3652 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3652-Introduced.html

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84R10750 JSC-D
By: Fallon H.B. No. 3652

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the workers' compensation death benefits paid to the
beneficiaries of certain state service members killed in the line
of duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.181(b), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Subject to Sections [Section] 408.061 and 408.1811, the
amount of a death benefit is equal to 75 percent of the employee's
average weekly wage.
SECTION 2. Subchapter J, Chapter 408, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 408.1811 to read as follows:
Sec. 408.1811. ADDITIONAL LUMP-SUM PAYMENT TO
BENEFICIARIES OF TEXAS MILITARY FORCES. (a) In this section,
"state militia member" means a member of the state militia, as
defined by Section 431.001, Government Code.
(b) In addition to any other benefits to which a beneficiary
is entitled under this subchapter, the insurance carrier shall pay
an additional $100,000 to the beneficiary of a state militia member
killed while:
(1) on state active duty;
(2) on state training or other duty; or
(3) traveling to or from the member's duty location.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on a
compensable injury that occurs on or after the effective date of
this Act. A claim based on a compensable injury that occurs before
that date is governed by the law as it existed on the date the
compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.