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| 1 | 1 | 86R11746 KKR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bailes H.B. No. 2685 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for | |
| 8 | 8 | certain spouses of first responders and certain other public | |
| 9 | 9 | servants killed in the line of duty. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 408.183(b-1), Labor Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an eligible spouse | |
| 14 | 14 | who remarried is eligible for death benefits for life if the | |
| 15 | 15 | employee was a first responder, as defined by Section 504.055, or an | |
| 16 | 16 | individual described by Section 501.001(5)(F), who suffered death | |
| 17 | 17 | in the course and scope of employment or while providing services as | |
| 18 | 18 | a volunteer. This subsection applies regardless of the date on | |
| 19 | 19 | which the death of the first responder or other individual | |
| 20 | 20 | occurred. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | |
| 22 | 22 | 408.183(b-1), Labor Code, applies only to an eligible spouse who | |
| 23 | 23 | remarries on or after the effective date of this Act. An eligible | |
| 24 | 24 | spouse who remarried before that date is governed by the law as it | |
| 25 | 25 | existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | |
| 26 | 26 | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |