Bill Text: TX HB3334 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to satisfaction of continuing education requirements for certain insurance adjusters.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB3334 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3334-Engrossed.html
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| By: Paul | H.B. No. 3334 | |
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| relating to satisfaction of continuing education requirements for | ||
| certain insurance adjusters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 4101, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 4101.062 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 4101.062. ALTERNATIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION: CLAIMS | ||
| CERTIFICATION. Notwithstanding Section 4004.051, the department | ||
| shall accept as satisfaction of any continuing education | ||
| requirement imposed on an adjuster under this chapter or Chapter | ||
| 4004 a claims certification that the adjuster receives during a | ||
| license period for which the continuing education is required if: | ||
| (1) the claims certification is issued by a national | ||
| or state claims association with a certification program; | ||
| (2) the number of hours required to complete the | ||
| certification program is not less than the number of hours of | ||
| continuing education that an adjuster is required to complete | ||
| during the license period under Sections 4004.053 and 4004.054; | ||
| (3) the content of the certification program: | ||
| (A) includes the content required under Section | ||
| 4004.105; and | ||
| (B) is made available through an electronic | ||
| portal maintained by the association for review and audit by the | ||
| department; | ||
| (4) the association is approved by the department as a | ||
| continuing education provider; | ||
| (5) the association reports the adjuster's completion | ||
| of the certification program to the department through an | ||
| electronic portal maintained by the department; and | ||
| (6) the association, through an electronic portal | ||
| maintained by the association, provides the department access to | ||
| the adjuster's transcript showing the adjuster's completion of the | ||
| certification program. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 4101.062, | ||
| Insurance Code, as added by this Act, applies to continuing | ||
| education requirements for an insurance adjuster's license period | ||
| beginning on or after January 1, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
