Bill Text: TX HB1989 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for withdrawal by a certified self-insurer from workers' compensation self-insurance.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1989 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1989-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1989 |
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relating to the requirements for withdrawal by a certified | ||
self-insurer from workers' compensation self-insurance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 407.045, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), an adequate program | ||
includes a program in which the certified self-insurer has insured | ||
or reinsured all workers' compensation obligations incurred by the | ||
self-insurer with an authorized insurer under an agreement that is | ||
filed with and approved in writing by the commissioner. The | ||
obligations incurred include: | ||
(1) all known claims and expenses associated with | ||
those claims; and | ||
(2) all incurred but not reported claims and expenses | ||
associated with those claims. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1989 was passed by the House on April | ||
27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1989 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |