Bill Text: TX SB800 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 800 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 800 passed the House on | ||
| May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
