Bill Text: TX HB3492 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of a first responder for workers' compensation benefits for mental trauma injuries, including post-traumatic stress disorder.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Business & Industry [HB3492 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3492-Introduced.html
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By: Cole | H.B. No. 3492 |
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relating to the eligibility of a first responder for workers' | ||
compensation benefits for mental trauma injuries, including | ||
post-traumatic stress disorder. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 504.019(b), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) It is presumed that post-traumatic [ |
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stress disorder suffered by a first responder is a compensable | ||
injury under this subtitle unless it is shown by a preponderance of | ||
the evidence [ |
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(1) the disorder is caused by an event occurring | ||
outside [ |
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employment; or [ |
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(2) no [ |
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responder's employment was a substantial contributing factor of the | ||
disorder. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on a | ||
compensable injury that occurs on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. A claim based on a compensable injury that occurs before | ||
that date is governed by the law as it existed on the date the | ||
compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |