H.B. No. 1665
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain workers' compensation reporting requirements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 406.145(f), Labor Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (f)  If a subsequent hiring agreement is made to which the
  joint agreement does not apply, the hiring contractor and
  independent contractor shall notify in writing:
               (1)  [the division and] the hiring contractor's
  workers' compensation insurance carrier; and
               (2)  the division, on the division's request [in
  writing].
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a notification required to be provided on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         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, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1665 was passed by the House on April
  17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1665 was passed by the Senate on May
  10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor