87R847 KKR-D     By: Powell S.B. No. 143       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to provide   certain information regarding the federal Patient Protection and   Affordable Care Act to claimants for unemployment compensation   benefits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 208.001, Labor Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  As soon as practicable after an individual files an   initial claim for benefits, the commission shall provide to the   individual a written notice containing general information about   eligibility and enrollment for health care insurance coverage under   the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L.   No. 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education   Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111-152). The commission   shall adopt rules for the form and content of the notice provided   under this subsection.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an initial claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed   with the Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date   of this Act. An initial claim filed before the effective date of   this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was   filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.