Amend HB 1657 as follows:                                                    
	Delete Section 1.                                                              
	Insert the following:                                                          
	Section 1. INTERIM STUDY BENEFITS AND IMMUNITY. (a) A select 
interim committee is created to study the benefits of employees 
covered by workers' compensation and the immunity provided to 
premises owners and others who provide workers' compensation to 
employees.
	(b) The committee shall be composed of:                                        
		(1) three Representatives from the House, appointed by 
the Speaker;         
		(2) three Senators, appointed by the Lieutenant 
Governor;                   
		(3) three representatives of the executive branch, 
appointed by the Governor;
		(4) representative members from labor, industry, 
business, insurance, plaintiff's bar, defense bar and the tort 
reform groups, appointed by the Governor.
	(e) On the request of the committee, the Texas Department of 
Insurance shall provide to Interim Study Committee any information 
necessary to perform its duties under this section. 
	(f) Not later than December 1, 2010, the committee shall 
report the committee's findings and recommendations to the 
Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
and the Governor.  The committee may include in its recommendations 
specific legislation that the committee considers desirable to 
address topics studied by the committee. 
	(g) The committee is abolished and this Act expires January 
16, 2011.