85R4800 KKR-F
By: Kacal H.B. No. 2119
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for
certain spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.183(b-1), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an eligible spouse
who remarried is eligible for death benefits for life if the
employee was a first responder, as defined by Section 504.055, who
suffered death in the course and scope of employment or while
providing services as a volunteer. This subsection applies
regardless of the date on which the death of the first responder
occurred or the spouse remarried.
SECTION 2. Section 2, Chapter 1018 (H.B. 1094), Acts of the
84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is repealed.
SECTION 3. A person who becomes eligible to receive
benefits as a result of the change in law made by this Act is
entitled only to benefits that accrue on or after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.