By:  Sibley                                            S.B. No. 994
         2001S0613/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to loss control programs for insurance companies.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Article 5.06-4, Insurance Code,
 1-5     is amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  Any insurer desiring to write commercial automobile
 1-7     liability insurance in this state must provide loss control
 1-8     information as a prerequisite for writing [a license to write] that
 1-9     insurance.
1-10           SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Article 5.15-2, Insurance Code,
1-11     is amended to read as follows:
1-12           (a)  Any insurer desiring to write professional liability
1-13     insurance for hospitals in Texas shall maintain or provide loss
1-14     control facilities as a prerequisite for writing [a license to
1-15     write] such insurance.  Such facilities shall be adequate to
1-16     furnish loss control services required by the nature of its
1-17     policyholder's operations and shall include surveys,
1-18     recommendations, training programs, consultations, and analyses of
1-19     accident causes.  Each field safety representative shall be either
1-20     a college graduate who shall have a bachelor's degree in science or
1-21     engineering, a bachelor of arts degree in nursing, a bachelor of
1-22     science degree in nursing, pharmacy, or physical therapy, or a
1-23     master's degree in hospital administration, or shall be a
1-24     registered professional engineer, a certified safety professional,
1-25     a certified industrial hygienist, an individual with 10 years'
 2-1     experience in occupational safety and health, or an individual who
 2-2     shall have completed a course of training in loss control services
 2-3     approved by the State Board of Insurance.
 2-4           SECTION 3.  Subsection (a), Article 5.15-3, Insurance Code,
 2-5     is amended to read as follows:
 2-6           (a)  Any insurer desiring to write professional liability
 2-7     insurance for insureds other than hospitals, general liability
 2-8     insurance, or medical professional liability insurance for insureds
 2-9     other than hospitals in this state must provide loss control
2-10     information as a prerequisite for writing [ a license to write]
2-11     that insurance.
2-12           SECTION 4.  Subsection (a), Section 411.061, Labor Code, is
2-13     amended to read as follows:
2-14           (a)  As a prerequisite for writing [a license to write]
2-15     workers' compensation insurance in this state, an insurance company
2-16     must maintain or provide accident prevention facilities that are
2-17     adequate to provide accident prevention services required by the
2-18     nature of its policyholders' operations.
2-19           SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.