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Senate Bill 2551 |
Senate Author: Hinojosa et al. |
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Effective: 6-10-19 |
House Sponsor: Burrows et al. |
Senate Bill 2551 amends the Government Code and the Texas Workers' Compensation Act, Labor Code, to specify the types of cancers for which a firefighter or emergency medical technician who suffers from cancer resulting in death or total or partial disability is presumed to have developed during the course and scope of employment. The bill, among other provisions, revises the presumptive standard used to determine an insurance carrier's liability for such a person's work-related disease or illness. The bill authorizes a political subdivision or pool of political subdivisions that self-insure to establish for the payment of workers' compensation death benefits and lifetime income benefits an account whose assets may be invested in the interest of its beneficiaries.