BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2287 |
By: Lozano |
Business & Industry |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that certified self-insurers should not be charged with an administrative violation for conduct constituting such a violation under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act engaged in by a third-party administrator acting as a claims servicing contractor for the self-insurer's workers' compensation program. C.S.H.B. 2287 seeks to prohibit such a charge unless the self-insurer directed the administrator to engage in such violative conduct.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2287 amends the Labor Code to make it an administrative violation under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act for an administrator, as that term is defined by Insurance Code provisions governing third-party administrators, to engage in specified conduct that otherwise constitutes an administrative violation by an insurance carrier or its representative in the course of administering a claim on behalf of a certified self-insurer while the administrator is under contract with the certified self-insurer. The bill prohibits a certified self-insurer from being charged with such an administrative violation unless the certified self-insurer directed the administrator to engage in the conduct that is the subject of the violation.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2287 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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