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| 1 | 1 | By: Canales H.B. No. 34 | |
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| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to presumptive coverage for first responders that contract | |
| 7 | 7 | COVID-19. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 607.054, Government Code, is amended as | |
| 10 | 10 | follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 607.054. TUBERCULOSIS, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, OR | |
| 12 | 12 | OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. A public safety employee [firefighter, | |
| 13 | 13 | peace officer, or emergency medical technician] who is diagnosed | |
| 14 | 14 | with the virus SARS-CoV-2 or with coronavirus disease 2019 | |
| 15 | 15 | (COVID-19) by a test approved by the Centers for Disease Control and | |
| 16 | 16 | Prevention, suffers from tuberculosis, or any other disease or | |
| 17 | 17 | illness of the lungs or respiratory tract that has a statistically | |
| 18 | 18 | positive correlation with service as a firefighter, peace officer, | |
| 19 | 19 | or emergency medical technician, that results in death or total or | |
| 20 | 20 | partial disability is presumed to have contracted the disease or | |
| 21 | 21 | illness during the course and scope of employment as a firefighter, | |
| 22 | 22 | peace officer, or emergency medical technician. | |
| 23 | 23 | Section 2. This Act takes effect immediately. |