SRC-TAG H.B. 1230 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1230
78R11437 JMM-FBy: Elkins (Carona)
Criminal Justice
5/22/2003
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

The State Office of Risk Management (SORM) provides several functions for
the State of Texas. Its main function is to act as the state's workers'
compensation insurance carrier, while another function is to provide full
risk management services to state agencies, which include health and
safety training and assessments, mainly geared toward reducing workers'
compensation costs for the state.  Under current law, workers'
compensation claims for community supervision and correction department
employees are paid by SORM.  H.B. 1230 gives SORM the ability to provide
risk management services to community supervision and correction
departments as it would any other state agency.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
  
SECTION 1.  Amends Section 412.011(b), Labor Code, to require the State
Office of Risk Management to provide risk management services for
employees of community supervision and corrections departments established
under Chapter 76 (Community Supervision and Correction Departments),
Government Code, as if the employees were employees of a state agency. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2003.