82R13968 RWG-F
By: Hartnett H.B. No. 2681
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2681:
By: Smithee C.S.H.B. No. 2681
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain information provided in certain insurance rate
filings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2251.002(8), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(8) "Supporting information" means:
(A) the experience and judgment of the filer and
the experience or information of other insurers or advisory
organizations on which the filer relied;
(B) the interpretation of any other information
on which the filer relied;
(C) a description of methods used in making a
rate; and
(D) any other information the department
receives from a filer as a response to a request under Section
38.001 [requires to be filed].
SECTION 2. Section 2251.107, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2251.107. PUBLIC [INSPECTION OF] INFORMATION. Each
filing made, and any supporting information filed, under this
chapter is public information subject to Chapter 552, Government
Code, including any applicable exception from required disclosure
under that chapter [open to public inspection as of the date of the
filing].
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a request to inspect information or to obtain public information
made to the Texas Department of Insurance on or after the effective
date of this Act. A request made before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.