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  Section 2, Chapter 1018 (H.B. 1094), Acts of the   84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is repealed.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.