85R4800 KKR-F
 
  By: Kacal H.B. No. 2119
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for
  certain spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 408.183(b-1), Labor Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an eligible spouse
  who remarried is eligible for death benefits for life if the
  employee was a first responder, as defined by Section 504.055, who
  suffered death in the course and scope of employment or while
  providing services as a volunteer. This subsection applies
  regardless of the date on which the death of the first responder
  occurred or the spouse remarried.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2, Chapter 1018 (H.B. 1094), Acts of the
  84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  A person who becomes eligible to receive
  benefits as a result of the change in law made by this Act is
  entitled only to benefits that accrue on or after the effective date
  of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.