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House Bill 2463 |
House Author: Reynolds |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Ellis |
House Bill 2463 amends the Labor Code to specify that the following information is not considered public information for the purposes of the state's open records law and to prohibit it from being disclosed to a party to a complaint alleging an unlawful employment practice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission: identifying information of persons other than the parties and witnesses to the complaint; identifying information about confidential witnesses, including any confidential statement given by the witness; certain sensitive medical information about the charging party or a witness to the complaint that is provided by a person other than the person requesting the information and not relevant to issues raised in the complaint; identifying information about a person other than the charging party that is found in sensitive medical information regardless of whether the information is relevant to the complaint; certain nonsensitive medical information that is relevant to the complaint if the disclosure would result in an invasion of personal privacy; identifying information about other respondents or employers not a party to the complaint; certain information relating to settlement offers or conciliation agreements and information contained in a separate alternative dispute resolution file prepared for mediation purposes; and identifying information about a person on whose behalf a complaint was filed if the person has requested that the person's identity as a complaining party remain confidential.