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1		-	89R21389 RDS-F
2		-	By: Button, Bell of Kaufman, Longoria, H.B. No. 2788
3		-	Villalobos, Richardson
4		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2788:
5		-	By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 2788
	1	+	By: Button H.B. No. 2788
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8	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	7		AN ACT
10		-	relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information
11		-	obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation
12		-	system.
	8	+	relating to fraud detection information and the public information
	9	+	law.
13	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14		-	SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is
15		-	amended by adding Section 301.087 to read as follows:
16		-	Sec. 301.087. CERTAIN FRAUD DETECTION INFORMATION NOT
17		-	PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "fraud detection
18		-	information" means any information, including risk assessments,
19		-	reports, data, protocols, technology specifications, manuals,
20		-	instructions, investigative materials, crossmatches, mental
21		-	impressions, and communications, that may reveal the methods or
22		-	means by which the commission prevents, investigates, or evaluates
23		-	fraud in its administration of Subtitle A.
24		-	(b) Fraud detection information is not public information
25		-	for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code, and is excepted from
26		-	the requirements of Section 552.021 of that code.
	11	+	SECTION 1. Section 301.085, Government Code, is amended by
	12	+	amending Subsections (a) and (c) to read as follows:
	13	+	Sec. 301.085. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, [AND] JOB
	14	+	MATCHING SERVICES INFORMATION, AND FRAUD DETECTION INFORMATION;
	15	+	OFFENSE; PENALTY. (a) In this section:
	16	+	(1) "Job matching services information" means
	17	+	information in the records of the commission that pertains to the
	18	+	commission's job matching services provided to employers and job
	19	+	seekers through the Internet, workforce centers, or other means.
	20	+	(2) "Unemployment compensation information" means
	21	+	information in the records of the commission that pertains to the
	22	+	administration of Subtitle A, including any information collected,
	23	+	received, developed, or maintained in the administration of
	24	+	unemployment compensation benefits or the unemployment
	25	+	compensation tax system.
	26	+	(3) "Fraud detection information" means any
	27	+	information, including risk assessments, reports, data, protocols,
	28	+	technology specifications, manuals, instructions, investigative
	29	+	materials, crossmatches, mental impressions, and communications
	30	+	that may reveal the methods or means by which the commission
	31	+	prevents, detects, investigates, or evaluates fraud in the
	32	+	administration of unemployment compensation benefits and the
	33	+	unemployment compensation tax programs.
	34	+	(c) Unemployment compensation information, [and] job
	35	+	matching services information, and fraud detection information are
	36	+	not public information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government
	37	+	Code.
27	38		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
28	39		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
29	40		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
30	41		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
31	42		Act takes effect September 1, 2025.