Amend CSHB 7 by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTION 
to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly, to 
read as follows:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 31, Insurance Code, is amended by 
adding Section 31.046, as follows.
	"Sec. 31.046.  Training Program for Commissioner.  (a)  
Before a person may assume the commissioner's duties and before 
that person may be confirmed by the senate, the person must complete 
the training program established under this section.
	(b)  A training program established under this section shall 
provide information to the commissioner regarding:
		(1)  the enabling legislation that created the 
Department and its policymaking body to which the commissioner is 
appointed to serve;
		(2)  the programs operated by the Department;                          
		(3)  the role and functions of the Department;                         
		(4)  the rules of the Department with an emphasis on the 
rules that related to disciplinary and investigatory authority;
		(5)  the current budget for the Department;                            
		(6)  the results of the most recent formal audit of the 
Department;  
		(7)  the requirements of Chapters 551, 552, and 2001, 
Government Code;
		(8)  the requirements of the conflict of interest laws 
and other laws relating to public officials; and
		(9)  any applicable ethics policies adopted by the 
commission or the Texas Ethics Commission."