1-1     By:  Sibley                                            S.B. No. 994
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2001; March 1, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
 1-4     March 15, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 15, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to loss control programs for insurance companies.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Article 5.06-4, Insurance Code,
1-11     is amended to read as follows:
1-12           (a)  Any insurer desiring to write commercial automobile
1-13     liability insurance in this state must provide loss control
1-14     information as a prerequisite for writing [a license to write] that
1-15     insurance.
1-16           SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Article 5.15-2, Insurance Code,
1-17     is amended to read as follows:
1-18           (a)  Any insurer desiring to write professional liability
1-19     insurance for hospitals in Texas shall maintain or provide loss
1-20     control facilities as a prerequisite for writing [a license to
1-21     write] such insurance.  Such facilities shall be adequate to
1-22     furnish loss control services required by the nature of its
1-23     policyholder's operations and shall include surveys,
1-24     recommendations, training programs, consultations, and analyses of
1-25     accident causes.  Each field safety representative shall be either
1-26     a college graduate who shall have a bachelor's degree in science or
1-27     engineering, a bachelor of arts degree in nursing, a bachelor of
1-28     science degree in nursing, pharmacy, or physical therapy, or a
1-29     master's degree in hospital administration, or shall be a
1-30     registered professional engineer, a certified safety professional,
1-31     a certified industrial hygienist, an individual with 10 years'
1-32     experience in occupational safety and health, or an individual who
1-33     shall have completed a course of training in loss control services
1-34     approved by the State Board of Insurance.
1-35           SECTION 3.  Subsection (a), Article 5.15-3, Insurance Code,
1-36     is amended to read as follows:
1-37           (a)  Any insurer desiring to write professional liability
1-38     insurance for insureds other than hospitals, general liability
1-39     insurance, or medical professional liability insurance for insureds
1-40     other than hospitals in this state must provide loss control
1-41     information as a prerequisite for writing [a license to write] that
1-42     insurance.
1-43           SECTION 4.  Subsection (a), Section 411.061, Labor Code, is
1-44     amended to read as follows:
1-45           (a)  As a prerequisite for writing [a license to write]
1-46     workers' compensation insurance in this state, an insurance company
1-47     must maintain or provide accident prevention facilities that are
1-48     adequate to provide accident prevention services required by the
1-49     nature of its policyholders' operations.
1-50           SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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