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2019 Texas Statutes
Labor Code
Title 5 - Workers' Compensation
Subtitle A - Texas Workers' Compensation Act
Chapter 401 - General Provisions
Subchapter C. Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 401.026. Applicability to Certain Emergency Response Personnel
Universal Citation: TX Lab Code § 401.026 (2019)
Sec. 401.026. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL. For purposes of this subtitle, the travel of a firefighter or emergency medical personnel en route to an emergency call is considered to be in the course and scope of the firefighter's or emergency medical personnel's employment.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 365 (H.B. 2771), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
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