Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1515 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R7641 KKR-D
2	2	By: Nevárez H.B. No. 1515
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of
8	8	Risk Management.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 412, Labor Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 412.013 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 412.013. REVIEW AND UPDATE OF RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
13	13	GUIDELINES. (a) In administering the guidelines for a
14	14	comprehensive risk management program under Section 412.011(b)(4),
15	15	the office must:
16	16	(1) at least biennially review the guidelines to
17	17	determine whether they are appropriate and current; and
18	18	(2) at least every five years, update the guidelines
19	19	to be consistent with up-to-date industry best practices and
20	20	current law.
21	21	(b) In updating the guidelines under Subsection (a)(2), the
22	22	office must solicit feedback from state entities concerning topics
23	23	for inclusion in the guidelines and ways for making the guidelines
24	24	more user-friendly.
25	25	SECTION 2. Section 412.021(f), Labor Code, is amended to
26	26	read as follows:
27	27	(f) The risk management board and the office are subject to
28	28	Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
29	29	in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and
30	30	this section expires September 1, 2031 [2019].
31	31	SECTION 3. Section 412.022, Labor Code, is amended by
32	32	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
33	33	follows:
34	34	(b) The [A] training program [established under this
35	35	section] must provide the board member with information [to the
36	36	member] regarding:
37	37	(1) the law governing [enabling legislation that
38	38	created the office and] the office's operations;
39	39	(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the
40	40	office;
41	41	(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking
42	42	authority of the board;
43	43	(4) [(2)] the results of the most recent formal audit
44	44	of the office;
45	45	(5) [(3)] the requirements of:
46	46	(A) laws relating to open meetings, public
47	47	information, administrative procedure, and disclosing conflicts of
48	48	interest; and
49	49	(B) other laws applicable to members of a state
50	50	policymaking body in performing their duties; and
51	51	(6) [(4)] any applicable ethics policies adopted by
52	52	the office or the Texas Ethics Commission.
53	53	(d) The director of the office shall create a training
54	54	manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b).
55	55	The director shall distribute a copy of the training manual
56	56	annually to each member of the board. Each member of the board
57	57	shall sign and submit to the director a statement acknowledging
58	58	that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.
59	59	SECTION 4. Section 412.053(b), Labor Code, is amended to
60	60	read as follows:
61	61	(b) The information shall be reported not later than the
62	62	60th day after [before] the last day of each fiscal year.
63	63	SECTION 5. Notwithstanding the time periods prescribed by
64	64	Section 412.013, Labor Code, as added by this Act, the State Office
65	65	of Risk Management shall review and update the guidelines adopted
66	66	by the risk management board under Section 412.011(b)(4), Labor
67	67	Code, not later than September 1, 2020.
68	68	SECTION 6. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
69	69	section, Section 412.022, Labor Code, as amended by this Act,
70	70	applies to a member of the risk management board appointed before,
71	71	on, or after the effective date of this Act.
72	72	(b) A member of the risk management board who, before the
73	73	effective date of this Act, completed the training program required
74	74	by Section 412.022, Labor Code, as that law existed before the
75	75	effective date of this Act, is required to complete additional
76	76	training only on subjects added by this Act to the training program
77	77	as required by Section 412.022, Labor Code, as amended by this Act.
78	78	A board member described by this subsection may not vote,
79	79	deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of
80	80	the board held on or after December 1, 2019, until the member
81	81	completes the additional training.
82	82	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.