H.B. No. 2771
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2771 was passed by the House on April
28, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2771 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor