Bill Text: TX HB2534 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of working papers and electronic communications of administrative law judges and appeals judges under the workers' compensation system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB2534 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2534-Engrossed.html
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By: Turner | H.B. No. 2534 |
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relating to the confidentiality of working papers and electronic | ||
communications of administrative law judges and appeals judges | ||
under the workers' compensation system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 410, Labor Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 410.008 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 410.008. CONFIDENTIALITY OF WORKING PAPERS AND | ||
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND APPEALS | ||
JUDGES. The following working papers and electronic communications | ||
of an administrative law judge or appeals judge created in | ||
connection with conducting contested case hearings or appeals to | ||
the appeals panel are not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, | ||
Government Code: | ||
(1) notes and electronic communications recording the | ||
observations, thoughts, questions, deliberations, or impressions | ||
of an administrative law judge or appeals judge; | ||
(2) drafts of a decision; and | ||
(3) drafts of an order. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
document or electronic communication created by an administrative | ||
law judge or appeals judge before, on, or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |