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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to wage claim data. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 301.0851 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 301.0851. WAGE CLAIM DATA. (a) In this section, |
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"wage claim data" means information collected, received, |
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developed, or maintained in the records of the commission that |
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relates to the administration of Chapter 61. The term does not |
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include: |
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(1) aggregated data that does not tend to identify an |
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individual; or |
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(2) information regarding a violation or the |
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enforcement of Chapter 61. |
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(b) The commission shall adopt and enforce reasonable rules |
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governing the confidentiality, custody, use, preservation, and |
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disclosure of wage claim data. The rules must: |
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(1) include safeguards to protect the confidentiality |
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of identifying information regarding any individual or any past or |
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present employer or employing unit contained in the wage claim |
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data, including any information that foreseeably could be combined |
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with other publicly available information to reveal identifying |
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information regarding the individual, employer, or employing unit, |
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as applicable; and |
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(2) allow for the sharing of wage claim data with other |
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state agencies that agree to the confidentiality standards adopted |
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by the commission for that data. |
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(c) Wage claim data is not public information for purposes |
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of Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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(d) The commission may adopt rules governing the disclosure |
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of: |
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(1) aggregated data that does not tend to identify an |
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individual; or |
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(2) information regarding a violation or the |
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enforcement of Chapter 61. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |