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By: Martinez, Springer, Guillen |
H.B. No. 2771 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Galveston) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2015; |
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May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business |
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and Commerce; May 15, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employment activities of certain emergency response |
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personnel for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 401.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 401.026. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE |
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PERSONNEL. For purposes of this subtitle, the travel of a |
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firefighter or emergency medical personnel en route to an emergency |
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call is considered to be in the course and scope of the |
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firefighter's or emergency medical personnel's employment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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