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1		-	H.B. No. 2073
	1	+	By: Burrows, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Springer) H.B. No. 2073
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 8, 2021;
	3	+	April 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
	4	+	Government; May 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2073 By: Springer
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to quarantine leave for fire fighters, peace officers,
6	14		detention officers, and emergency medical technicians employed by,
7	15		appointed by, or elected for a political subdivision.
8	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	17		SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 180, Local Government
10	18		Code, is amended to read as follows:
11	19		CHAPTER 180. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AFFECTING OFFICERS AND
12	20		EMPLOYEES OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF [MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, AND
13	21		CERTAIN OTHER] LOCAL GOVERNMENT [GOVERNMENTS]
14	22		SECTION 2. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended
15	23		by adding Section 180.008 to read as follows:
16	24		Sec. 180.008. PAID QUARANTINE LEAVE FOR FIRE FIGHTERS,
17	25		PEACE OFFICERS, DETENTION OFFICERS, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
18	26		TECHNICIANS. (a) In this section:
19	27		(1) "Detention officer" means an individual appointed
20	28		or employed by a political subdivision as a county jailer or other
21	29		individual responsible for the care and custody of individuals
22	30		incarcerated in a county or municipal jail.
23	31		(2) "Emergency medical technician" means an
24	32		individual who is:
25	33		(A) certified as an emergency medical technician
26	34		under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code; and
27	35		(B) employed by a political subdivision.
28	36		(3) "Fire fighter" means a paid employee of a
29	37		municipal fire department or emergency services district who:
30	38		(A) holds a position that requires substantial
31	39		knowledge of fire fighting;
32	40		(B) has met the requirements for certification by
33	41		the Texas Commission on Fire Protection under Chapter 419,
34	42		Government Code; and
35	43		(C) performs a function listed in Section
36	44		143.003(4)(A).
37	45		(4) "Health authority" has the meaning assigned by
38	46		Section 121.021, Health and Safety Code.
39	47		(5) "Peace officer" means an individual described by
40	48		Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is elected for,
41	49		employed by, or appointed by a political subdivision.
42	50		(b) The governing body of a political subdivision shall
43	51		develop and implement a paid quarantine leave policy for fire
44	52		fighters, peace officers, detention officers, and emergency
45	53		medical technicians who are employed by, appointed by, or elected
46	54		for the political subdivision and ordered to quarantine or isolate
47	55		due to a possible or known exposure to a communicable disease while
48	56		on duty.
49	57		(c) A paid quarantine leave policy must:
50	58		(1) provide that a fire fighter, peace officer,
51	59		detention officer, or emergency medical technician on paid
52	60		quarantine leave receive:
53	61		(A) all employment benefits and compensation,
54	62		including leave accrual, pension benefits, and health benefit plan
55	63		benefits for the duration of the leave; and
56	64		(B) reimbursement for reasonable costs related
57	65		to the quarantine, including lodging, medical, and transportation;
58	66		and
59	67		(2) require that the leave be ordered by the person's
60	68		supervisor or the political subdivision's health authority.
61	69		(d) A political subdivision may not reduce a fire fighter's,
62	70		peace officer's, detention officer's, or emergency medical
63	71		technician's sick leave balance, vacation leave balance, holiday
64	72		leave balance, or other paid leave balance in connection with paid
65	73		quarantine leave taken in accordance with a policy adopted under
66	74		this section.
67	75		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	76		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	77		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	78		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	79		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
72		-	______________________________ ______________________________
73		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
74		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2073 was passed by the House on April
75		-	7, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
76		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
77		-	No. 2073 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0,
78		-	1 present, not voting.
79		-	______________________________
80		-	Chief Clerk of the House
81		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2073 was passed by the Senate, with
82		-	amendments, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
83		-	0.
84		-	______________________________
85		-	Secretary of the Senate
86		-	APPROVED: __________________
87		-	Date
88		-	__________________
89		-	Governor
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