C.S.H.B. 1230 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


C.S.H.B. 1230
By: Elkins
Business & Industry
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The State Office of Risk Management (SORM) provides several functions for
the State of Texas. The main function is to act as the state's workers'
compensation insurance carrier.  The other 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 a Community Supervision and Correction Department
employee are paid by SORM.  HB 1230 gives SORM the ability to provide risk
management services to Community Supervision and Correction Departments as
they would any other state agency.  



RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 

ANALYSIS

Section 1.  Amends Section 412.011, Labor Code, to require the State
Office of Risk Management to provide risk management services to community
supervision and correction departments. 

Section 2.  Provides that this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.


EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2003




COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

Section 1.  C.S.H.B. 1230 modifies the original bill by amending Section
412.001(b) of the Labor Code to add number 8 which will require the State
Office of Risk Management to provide risk management services for
employees of community supervision and corrections departments established
under Chapter 76 of the Government Code.   

Section 2.  C.S.H.B. 1230 deletes from the original bill Subsection (f) of
Section 412.011 of the Labor Code. 

C.S.H.B. 1230 deletes from the original bill amending Section 76.006(c) of
the Government Code. 

C.S.H.B. 1230 modifies the original bill by moving Section 3 of the
original bill to Section 2 of the substitute.