Amend HB 1951 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Strike SECTION 3.005 of the bill and substitute the following:

SECTION 3.005.  Section 2251.107, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2251.107.  PUBLIC [INSPECTION OF] INFORMATION. Each filing made, and any supporting information filed, under this chapter is public information subject to Chapter 552, Government Code, including any applicable exception from required disclosure under that chapter [open to public inspection as of the date of the filing].

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumber SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:

SECTION ____.____.  Section 2251.002(8), Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:

(8)  "Supporting information" means:

(A)  the experience and judgment of the filer and the experience or information of other insurers or advisory organizations on which the filer relied;

(B)  the interpretation of any other information on which the filer relied;

(C)  a description of methods used in making a rate; and

(D)  any other information the department receives from a filer as a response to a request under Section 38.001 [requires to be filed].

SECTION ____.____.  Sections 2251.002(8) and 2251.107, Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a request to inspect information or to obtain public information made to the Texas Department of Insurance on or after the effective date of this Act. A request made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.