Bill Would Require Employers to Reprocess First Responder COVID-19 Claims

Texas employers would have to reprocess COVID-19 claims filed by first responders who were denied before a presumption was enacted in 2021, under legislation introduced in the state House of Representatives Tuesday. House Bill 2926, by Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, would require insurance carriers as defined in Labor Code Section 401.011 to reprocess COVID-19 claims for a person subject to Section 607.0545 who was denied before June 14, 2021. The Labor Code defines insurance carriers to include insurers, self-insured employers, self-insured employer groups and self-insured governmental...