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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 peace officers |
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responding to an emergency call for purposes of the Texas Workers' |
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Compensation Act. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 401.026, Labor Code, is amended to read |
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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, peace officer, or emergency medical personnel en route |
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to an emergency call is considered to be in the course and scope of |
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the firefighter's, peace officer's, or emergency medical |
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personnel's employment. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on a |
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compensable injury that occurs on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A claim based on a compensable injury that occurs before |
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that date is governed by the law as it existed on the date the |
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compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |