89R21389 RDS-F
By: Button, Bell of Kaufman, Longoria, H.B. No. 2788
Villalobos, Richardson
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2788:
By: Button C.S.H.B. No. 2788
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of certain fraud detection information
obtained in the administration of the unemployment compensation
system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 301, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 301.087 to read as follows:
Sec. 301.087. CERTAIN FRAUD DETECTION INFORMATION NOT
PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "fraud detection
information" means any information, including risk assessments,
reports, data, protocols, technology specifications, manuals,
instructions, investigative materials, crossmatches, mental
impressions, and communications, that may reveal the methods or
means by which the commission prevents, investigates, or evaluates
fraud in its administration of Subtitle A.
(b) Fraud detection information is not public information
for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code, and is excepted from
the requirements of Section 552.021 of that code.
SECTION 2. 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, 2025.