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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to provide |
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certain information regarding the federal Patient Protection and |
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Affordable Care Act to claimants for unemployment compensation |
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benefits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 208.001, Labor Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) As soon as practicable after an individual files an |
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initial claim for benefits, the commission shall provide to the |
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individual a written notice containing general information about |
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eligibility and enrollment for health care insurance coverage under |
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the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. |
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No. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education |
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Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152). The commission |
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shall adopt rules for the form and content of the notice provided |
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under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an initial claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed |
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with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. An initial claim filed before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was |
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filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |