Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R14261 MEW-F
2	2	By: Taylor S.B. No. 2306
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a presentation by the commissioner of insurance on the
8	8	National Association of Insurance Commissioners accreditation
9	9	process and participation in the National Conference of Insurance
10	10	Legislators.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Insurance Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Section 31.008 to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 31.008. PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
15	15	INSURANCE LEGISLATORS. The department shall pay annually from
16	16	department funds the costs of:
17	17	(1) the state's membership in the National Conference
18	18	of Insurance Legislators; and
19	19	(2) full participation in the National Conference of
20	20	Insurance Legislators by the chairs and ranking members of the
21	21	standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives
22	22	with primary jurisdiction over insurance or finance.
23	23	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Insurance Code, is
24	24	amended by adding Section 31.029 to read as follows:
25	25	Sec. 31.029. PRESENTATION ON NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
26	26	INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS ACCREDITATION PROCESS. (a) Except as
27	27	provided by Subsection (e), during the first year of each state
28	28	fiscal biennium, the commissioner shall provide to each standing
29	29	committee of the senate and the house of representatives with
30	30	primary jurisdiction over insurance, or if determined by rules of
31	31	those standing committees, each standing committee of the senate
32	32	and the house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over
33	33	finance, a presentation regarding the accreditation process for the
34	34	National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
35	35	(b) The presentation must:
36	36	(1) provide an overview of the role of delegation of
37	37	legislative authority for policy development in the National
38	38	Association of Insurance Commissioners accreditation process;
39	39	(2) explain how state laws incorporate National
40	40	Association of Insurance Commissioners accreditation standards or
41	41	incorporate rules, standards, and processes by reference, and
42	42	provide citations to those laws;
43	43	(3) identify in a separate format each provision of
44	44	law that may authorize future changes by the National Association
45	45	of Insurance Commissioners to be adopted without additional
46	46	authorization by the legislature, highlighting any future
47	47	delegation authority in the laws or rules of this state; and
48	48	(4) provide an overview of the minimum National
49	49	Association of Insurance Commissioners accreditation standards
50	50	relating to:
51	51	(A) laws and regulations;
52	52	(B) regulatory practices and procedures; and
53	53	(C) organizations and personnel practices.
54	54	(c) The overview presented under Subsection (b)(4) must
55	55	include:
56	56	(1) summaries of the specific laws and rules that the
57	57	accreditation standard specifies;
58	58	(2) the intended purpose of each accreditation
59	59	standard;
60	60	(3) the date that the accreditation standard was
61	61	adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and
62	62	the date that the standard was adopted in this state; and
63	63	(4) any change to the accreditation standards since
64	64	the last presentation to the legislature.
65	65	(d) The commissioner may make the presentation at a joint
66	66	hearing of the applicable committees under Subsection (a).
67	67	(e) Instead of providing the presentation required under
68	68	Subsection (a), the department may coordinate with the National
69	69	Association of Insurance Commissioners to conduct a training
70	70	session that contains the same information required under
71	71	Subsection (b) that is specific to the laws of this state during a
72	72	National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting.
73	73	(f) If the department exercises the option under Subsection
74	74	(e), the department shall pay from funds the costs associated with
75	75	registration and reimbursement for reasonable food, travel, and
76	76	lodging for two committee members from the standing committee of
77	77	the senate with primary jurisdiction over insurance, two committee
78	78	members from the standing committee of the house of representatives
79	79	with primary jurisdiction over insurance, and one committee member
80	80	from the standing committee of each chamber with primary
81	81	jurisdiction over appropriations to attend the meeting.
82	82	SECTION 3. The commissioner of insurance shall provide the
83	83	first presentation required under Section 31.029, Insurance Code,
84	84	as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2020.
85	85	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.