By: Canales H.B. No. 47
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to presumptive coverage for school district employees that
contract COVID-19.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 607.054, Government Code, is amended as
follows:
Sec. 607.054. TUBERCULOSIS, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, OR OTHER
RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.
(a) A firefighter, peace officer, or emergency medical
technician who suffers from tuberculosis, or any other disease or
illness of the lungs or respiratory tract that has a statistically
positive correlation with service as a firefighter, peace officer,
or emergency medical technician, that results in death or total or
partial disability is presumed to have contracted the disease or
illness during the course and scope of employment as a firefighter,
peace officer, or emergency medical technician.
(b) An employee of a school district who is diagnosed with
the virus SARS-CoV-2 or with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by
a test approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
that results in death or total or partial disability is presumed to
have contracted the disease or illness during the course and scope
of employment as an employee of a school district.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately.