83R5308 VOO-F
By: Martinez H.B. No. 1091
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to firefighters and emergency medical technicians who
bring certain claims for benefits or compensation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 607.052(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, this subchapter applies
only to a firefighter or emergency medical technician who:
(1) on becoming employed, [or] during employment, or
on leaving employment as a firefighter or emergency medical
technician, received a physical examination that failed to reveal
evidence of the illness or disease for which benefits or
compensation are sought using a presumption established by this
subchapter;
(2) is employed for five or more years as a firefighter
or emergency medical technician; and
(3) seeks benefits or compensation for a disease or
illness covered by this subchapter that is discovered during
employment as a firefighter or emergency medical technician or not
later than the fifth anniversary of the last date of employment as a
firefighter or emergency medical technician.
SECTION 2. Section 607.052(a), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a firefighter or emergency medical
technician who brings a claim for benefits or compensation on or
after the effective date of this Act. A firefighter or emergency
medical technician who brings a claim for benefits or compensation
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the claim is 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, 2013.