Amend CSHB 2600 by adding new ARTICLES to the bill, with the
ARTICLES and the SECTIONS in the articles appropriately numbered,
to read as follows, and renumbering the subsequent ARTICLES and
SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
            ARTICLE __.  INSURANCE CARRIER INFORMATION
      SECTION __. Section 410.164, Labor Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
      (c)  At each contested case hearing, as applicable, the
insurance carrier shall file with the hearing officer and shall
deliver to the claimant a single document stating the true
corporate name of the insurance carrier and the name and address of
the insurance carrier's registered agent for service of process.
The document is part of the record of the contested case hearing.
      SECTION __. Section 410.204, Labor Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
      (d)  Each final decision of the appeals panel shall conclude
with a separate paragraph stating: "The true corporate name of the
insurance carrier is (NAME IN BOLD PRINT) and the name and address
of its registered agent for service of process is (NAME AND ADDRESS
IN BOLD PRINT)."
      SECTION __. This article applies only to a workers'
compensation hearing that is conducted on or after the effective
date of this Act.  A hearing that is conducted before that date is
governed by the law in effect on the date the hearing was
conducted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
                 ARTICLE ___.  APPEAL REQUIREMENTS
      SECTION ___. Section 410.202, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
      (d)  Saturdays and Sundays and holidays listed in Section
662.003, Government Code, are not included in the computation of
the time in which a request for an appeal under Subsection (a) or a
response under Subsection (b) must be filed.
      SECTION ___.  The change in law made by this article applies
only to an appeal in a workers' compensation proceeding filed on or
after the effective date of this Act.  An appeal filed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the appeal was filed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.