Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1567 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R5454 DNC-D
2	2	By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1567
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation of
10	10	certain employees who leave the workplace to care for a minor child.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 207.046(a), Labor Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(a) An individual is not disqualified for benefits under
15	15	this subchapter if:
16	16	(1) the work-related reason for the individual's
17	17	separation from employment was urgent, compelling, and necessary so
18	18	as to make the separation involuntary;
19	19	(2) the individual leaves the workplace to protect the
20	20	individual from family violence or stalking or the individual or a
21	21	member of the individual's immediate family from violence related
22	22	to a sexual assault as evidenced by:
23	23	(A) an active or recently issued protective order
24	24	documenting sexual assault of the individual or a member of the
25	25	individual's immediate family or family violence against, or the
26	26	stalking of, the individual or the potential for family violence
27	27	against, or the stalking of, the individual;
28	28	(B) a police record documenting sexual assault of
29	29	the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or
30	30	family violence against, or the stalking of, the individual;
31	31	(C) a physician's statement or other medical
32	32	documentation that describes the sexual assault of the individual
33	33	or a member of the individual's immediate family or family violence
34	34	against the individual that:
35	35	(i) is recorded in any form or medium that
36	36	identifies the individual or member of the individual's immediate
37	37	family, as applicable, as the patient; and
38	38	(ii) relates to the history, diagnosis,
39	39	treatment, or prognosis of the patient; or
40	40	(D) written documentation from a family violence
41	41	center or rape crisis center that describes the sexual assault of
42	42	the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family or
43	43	family violence against the individual;
44	44	(3) the individual leaves the workplace to care for
45	45	the individual's terminally ill spouse as evidenced by a
46	46	physician's statement or other medical documentation, but only if
47	47	no reasonable, alternative care was available; [or]
48	48	(4) the individual's separation from employment was
49	49	caused by the individual being called to provide:
50	50	(A) service in the uniformed services, as defined
51	51	by 38 U.S.C. Section 4303; or
52	52	(B) service in the Texas military forces, as
53	53	defined by Section 437.001, Government Code; or
54	54	(5) the individual leaves the workplace to care for
55	55	the individual's minor child due to an unexpected illness,
56	56	accident, or other unforeseeable event, but only if no reasonable,
57	57	alternative care was available.
58	58	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
59	59	to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the
60	60	Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this
61	61	Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is
62	62	governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and
63	63	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
64	64	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.