H.B. No. 1989
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirements for withdrawal by a certified
  self-insurer from workers' compensation self-insurance.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 407.045, Labor Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a), an adequate program
  includes a program in which the certified self-insurer has insured
  or reinsured all workers' compensation obligations incurred by the
  self-insurer with an authorized insurer under an agreement that is
  filed with and approved in writing by the commissioner. The
  obligations incurred include:
               (1)  all known claims and expenses associated with
  those claims; and
               (2)  all incurred but not reported claims and expenses
  associated with those claims.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1989 was passed by the House on April
  27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1989 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor