78R11437 JMM-F


By:  Elkins                                                       H.B. No. 1230

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1230:                                   

By:  Solomons                                                 C.S.H.B. No. 1230


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to risk management services for employees of community supervision and corrections departments. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 412.011(b), Labor Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The office shall: (1) operate as a full-service risk manager and insurance manager for state agencies as provided by Subsection (c); (2) maintain and review records of property, casualty, or liability insurance coverages purchased by or for a state agency; (3) administer the program for the purchase of surety bonds for state officers and employees as provided by Chapter 653, Government Code; (4) administer guidelines adopted by the board for a comprehensive risk management program applicable to all state agencies to reduce property and liability losses, including workers' compensation losses; (5) review, verify, monitor, and approve risk management programs adopted by state agencies; (6) assist a state agency that has not implemented an effective risk management program to implement a comprehensive program that meets the guidelines established by the board; [and] (7) administer the workers' compensation insurance program for state employees established under Chapter 501; and (8) provide risk management services for employees of community supervision and corrections departments established under Chapter 76, Government Code, as if the employees were employees of a state agency. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.