By: Geren, Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 796

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2015; May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; May 15, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the purchase of certain insurance coverage and the performance of related risk management services for the Texas State University System and the component institutions of that system.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 412.011, Labor Code, is amended by amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(c) The office shall:

(1) perform risk management for each state agency subject to this chapter, except to any extent limited by Subsection (j) [Chapter 412]; and

(2) purchase insurance coverage under any line of insurance other than health or life insurance, including liability insurance authorized under Chapter 612, Government Code, for a state agency subject to Chapter 501, except for:

(A) an institution subject to Section 501.022; or

(B) the Texas State University System or a component institution of that system[, under any line of insurance other than health or life insurance, including liability insurance authorized under Chapter 612, Government Code].

(e) A state agency subject to Chapter 501, except for an institution subject to Section 501.022 or the Texas State University System or a component institution of that system, may not purchase property, casualty, or liability insurance coverage without the approval of the board.

(j) The Texas State University System or a component institution of that system shall perform risk management services related to insurance coverage purchased by the system or institution without board approval.

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, 2015.

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