System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.
Amend Amendment No. 195 to CSSB 1 by Martinez (page 272 of the
prefiled amendments packet) by striking the text on page 1, lines
4-14, and substituting the following:
____. Study of Data Mining. It is the intent of the
legislature that, out of funds appropriated under Strategy A.1.1,
Consumer Ed. and Mkt. Analyses, the Texas Department of Insurance,
using data collected under Chapters 38 and 2151, Insurance Code:
(1) conduct a review of insurance industry practices
regarding:
(A) the use of data mining and pattern
recognition practices and technologies that are used to predict
difference in expected losses of covered persons or applicants for
personal automobile or residential property insurance coverage or
health benefit plan coverage; and
(B) the manner in which insurers use these
technologies in underwriting and setting rates for personal
automobile or residential property insurance or health benefit
plans; and
(2) include the that review in the biennial report
submitted under Section 32.033, Insurance Code, to the appropriate
committees of each house of the legislature on or before December
31, 2010.