Bill Text: TX SB800 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications and operations of workers' compensation data collection agents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB800 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB800-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications and operations of workers' compensation data collection agents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB800 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB800-Engrossed.html
By: Duncan | S.B. No. 800 |
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relating to the qualifications and operations of workers' | ||
compensation data collection agents. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 401.024, Labor Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The commissioner may designate and contract with one or | ||
more [ |
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collection requirements of this subtitle. To qualify as a data | ||
collection agent, an organization must demonstrate at least five | ||
years of experience in data collection, data maintenance, data | ||
quality control, accounting, and related areas. | ||
(e) A data collection agent may collect from a reporting | ||
insurance carrier, other than a governmental entity, any fees | ||
necessary for the agent to recover the necessary and reasonable | ||
costs of collecting data from that reporting insurance carrier. | ||
(f) A reporting insurance carrier, other than a | ||
governmental entity, shall pay the fee to the data collection agent | ||
for the data collection services provided by the data collection | ||
agent. | ||
(g) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 406.009, Labor Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commissioner may designate a data collection agent, | ||
implement an electronic reporting and public information access | ||
program, and adopt rules as necessary to implement the data | ||
collection requirements of this subchapter. The commissioner may | ||
establish the form, manner, and procedure for the transmission of | ||
information to the division. A data collection agent designated | ||
under this subsection must be qualified and may collect fees in the | ||
manner described by Section 401.024. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |