By: Hughes  S.B. No. 1584
         (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2019; March 14, 2019, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  April 16, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 16, 2019,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1584 By:  Creighton
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to satisfaction of continuing education requirements for
  certain insurance adjusters.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 4101, Insurance Code, is
  amended by adding Section 4101.062 to read as follows:
         Sec. 4101.062.  ALTERNATIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION:  CLAIMS
  CERTIFICATION. Notwithstanding Section 4004.051, the department
  shall accept as satisfaction of any continuing education
  requirement imposed on an adjuster under this chapter or Chapter
  4004 a claims certification that the adjuster receives during a
  license period for which the continuing education is required if:
               (1)  the claims certification is issued by a national
  or state claims association with a certification program;
               (2)  the number of hours required to complete the
  certification program is not less than the number of hours of
  continuing education that an adjuster is required to complete
  during the license period under Sections 4004.053 and 4004.054;
               (3)  the content of the certification program:
                     (A)  includes the content required under Section
  4004.105; and
                     (B)  is made available through an electronic
  portal maintained by the association for review and audit by the
  department;
               (4)  the association is approved by the department as a
  continuing education provider;
               (5)  the association reports the adjuster's completion
  of the certification program to the department through an
  electronic portal maintained by the department; and
               (6)  the association, through an electronic portal
  maintained by the association, provides the department access to
  the adjuster's transcript showing the adjuster's completion of the
  certification program.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by Section 4101.062,
  Insurance Code, as added by this Act, applies to continuing
  education requirements for an insurance adjuster's license period
  beginning on or after January 1, 2020.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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