S.B. No. 800
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the qualifications and operations of workers'
  compensation data collection agents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 401.024, Labor Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The commissioner may designate and contract with one or
  more [a] data collection agents [agent] to fulfill the data
  collection requirements of this subtitle. To qualify as a data
  collection agent, an organization must demonstrate at least five
  years of experience in data collection, data maintenance, data
  quality control, accounting, and related areas.
         (e)  A data collection agent may collect from a reporting
  insurance carrier, other than a governmental entity, any fees
  necessary for the agent to recover the necessary and reasonable
  costs of collecting data from that reporting insurance carrier.
         (f)  A reporting insurance carrier, other than a
  governmental entity, shall pay the fee to the data collection agent
  for the data collection services provided by the data collection
  agent.
         (g)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement
  this section.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (c), Section 406.009, Labor Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The commissioner may designate a data collection agent,
  implement an electronic reporting and public information access
  program, and adopt rules as necessary to implement the data
  collection requirements of this subchapter.  The commissioner may
  establish the form, manner, and procedure for the transmission of
  information to the division. A data collection agent designated
  under this subsection must be qualified and may collect fees in the
  manner described by Section 401.024.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 800 passed the Senate on
  April 7, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 800 passed the House on
  May 19, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor