By: Martinez, Springer, Guillen H.B. No. 2771
(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Galveston)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 15, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employment activities of certain emergency response
personnel for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 401.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 401.026. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PERSONNEL. For purposes of this subtitle, the travel of a
firefighter or emergency medical personnel en route to an emergency
call is considered to be in the course and scope of the
firefighter's or emergency medical personnel's employment.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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