SB2761 - Relating to benefits provided to eligible survivors of certain public safety employees.

  89R13397 LRM-D     By: Cook S.B. No. 2761       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to benefits provided to eligible survivors of certain   public safety employees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 615.021(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  A survivor of an individual listed under Section 615.003   is eligible for the payment of assistance under this chapter if:                (1)  the listed individual :                       (A)   died as a result of a personal injury   sustained in the line of duty in the individual's position as   described by Section 615.003; or                         (B)     died as a result of an acute myocardial   infarction or stroke during or not later than 24 hours after the   performance of actions in the line of duty in the individual's   position as described by Section 615.003; and                (2)  the survivor is:                      (A)  the surviving spouse of the listed   individual;                      (B)  a surviving child of the listed individual,   if there is no surviving spouse; or                      (C)  a surviving parent of the listed individual,   if there is no surviving spouse or child.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section   615.021, Government Code, apply only in relation to a death that   occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.  Matters   regarding eligibility under Chapter 615, Government Code, in   relation to a death that occurs before the effective date of this   Act, are governed by the law in effect on the date the death   occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.