By:  Elkins (Senate Sponsor - Carona)                             H.B. No. 1230
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 19, 2003; 
May 20, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal 
Justice; May 23, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 23, 2003, sent to printer.)


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.



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