Bill Text: TX HB541 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a presumption in regard to the eligibility of public safety employees who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for certain benefits.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2021-03-30 - Left pending in committee [HB541 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB541-Introduced.html
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| By: Patterson | H.B. No. 541 | |
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| relating to a presumption in regard to the eligibility of public | ||
| safety employees who have contracted coronavirus disease | ||
| (COVID-19) for certain benefits. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 607, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 607.0541 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 607.0541. CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19). A public | ||
| safety employee who suffers from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) | ||
| resulting in disability or death is presumed to have contracted the | ||
| disease during the course and scope of employment as a public safety | ||
| employee. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this | ||
| section, Section 607.0541, Government Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to a claim for benefits or compensation filed on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. A claim filed before that | ||
| date is governed by the law as it existed on the date the claim was | ||
| filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| (b) A person who on or after February 1, 2020, but before the | ||
| effective date of this Act, filed a claim for benefits or | ||
| compensation related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and whose | ||
| claim was subsequently denied may file another claim on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act, and the changes in law made by this Act | ||
| apply to that claim. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
