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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public information regarding workers' compensation |
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insurance rate filings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2053.004, Insurance Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2053.004. PUBLIC [INSPECTION OF] INFORMATION. |
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(a) Each filing made, including any supporting information filed, |
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under this subchapter is [open to] public information subject to |
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Chapter 552, Government Code, including any applicable exception |
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from required disclosure under that chapter [inspection as of the
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date the filing is made]. |
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(b) Each year the department shall make available to the |
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public information concerning the department's general process and |
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methodology for rate review under this chapter, including factors |
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that contribute to the disapproval of a rate. Information provided |
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under this subsection must be general in nature and may not reveal |
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proprietary or trade secret information of any insurer. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2053.004, Insurance Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a request to inspect information or to |
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obtain public information made to the Texas Department of Insurance |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. A request made before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |