83R6030 KKR-F
 
  By: Moody H.B. No. 1424
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to waiver of immunity in certain employment discrimination
  actions in connection with a workers' compensation claim.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 451, Labor Code, is amended by adding
  Section 451.0025 to read as follows:
         Sec. 451.0025.  WAIVER OF IMMUNITY; PERMISSION FOR FIRST
  RESPONDER TO SUE. (a) In this section, "first responder" has the
  meaning assigned by Section 421.095, Government Code.
         (b)  A first responder who alleges a violation of Section
  451.001 by a state or local governmental entity that employs the
  first responder may sue the governmental entity for the relief
  provided by this chapter. Sovereign or governmental immunity from
  suit is waived and abolished to the extent of liability created by
  this chapter.
         (c)  To the extent a person has official or individual
  immunity from a claim for damages, this section does not affect that
  immunity.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
  this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the cause of
  action accrued, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.