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4 Document(s) [ Subject: Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund ]
| Committee: | House Business and Industry | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Business & Industry, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2002 : a report to the House of Representatives, 78th Texas Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Consumer protection | Funeral industry | Statutory revision | Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund | Workers Compensation Commission, Texas | Workers' compensation | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.77 b964 | |
| Session: | 77th R.S. (2001) | |
| Online version: | View report [163 pages File size: 8,971 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Review trends in the use of binding arbitration requirements in consumer agreements, with special attention to transactions in which the consumer has little or no bargaining power. | |
| 2. | Review the performance of the workers' compensation system in returning injured workers to safe and productive employment in a timely manner. Consider system features, policies of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission and actions on the part of health care providers or other system participants that may adversely affect returns to work. | |
| 3. | Review and evaluate the substantive recodifications of the Business Organizations Code that were considered by the 76th and 77th Legislatures. | |
| 4. | Review the fiscal condition of the workers' compensation subsequent injury fund. Determine whether changes will be needed to keep the fund viable in light of increased demands placed on it by recent legislation. | |
| 5. | Assess the need for regulation or other consumer protections in the sale of caskets. | |
| 6. | Actively monitor the agencies under the committee's oversight jurisdiction. | |
| Committee: | House Business and Industry | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Business & Industry, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2000 : a report to the House of Representatives, 77th Texas Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Biotechnology industry | Construction industry | Consumer protection | Fraud | General contractors | Medical research | Senior citizens | Sweepstakes | Telemarketers | Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund | Workers Compensation Commission, Texas | Workers' compensation | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.76 b964 | |
| Session: | 76th R.S. (1999) | |
| Online version: | View report [107 pages File size: 535 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Examine ways to deter and punish consumer fraud directed at senior citizens, including telemarketing fraud. | |
| 2. | Assess the public's view of telemarketing generally, the desire and need for simpler ways to prevent nuisance calls, and whether views depend on the business of the vendor or solicitor. | |
| 3. | Consider the legal status and policies appropriate to any surplus funds held by the Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund. The committee's consideration should be directed at assuring that sufficient funds are available to deal with all possible market conditions. | |
| 4. | Consider the benefits and problems associated with contingency clauses in construction contracts. | |
| 5. | Study the emergence of the healthcare technology industry in Texas. Identify factors promoting and inhibiting development of the industry and consider state or private actions potentially affecting its growth. | |
| Committee: | House Business and Industry | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Business and Industry, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Consumer protection | e-commerce | Employees | Employers | Employment | Internet | Mergers and acquisitions | Telemarketers | Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund | Workers Compensation Commission, Texas | Workers' compensation | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.75 b964 | |
| Session: | 75th R.S. (1997) | |
| Online version: | View report [67 pages File size: 3,139 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Study the development of commerce on the internet to determine whether existing consumer protection laws are adequate to deal with the present and future issues that may arise. | |
| 2. | Review consumer protection issues as they pertain to telemarketing. Determine whether the registration of telemarketers may be necessary to provide adequate protection of the public. | |
| 3. | Study the issues surrounding "truth-in-hiring" legislation. Investigate the possibility of protecting both employees and employers when prospective employers request job references. | |
| 4. | Review the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983. Assess its adequacy in protecting the public interest when mergers and acquisitions occur. | |
| 5. | Review workers' compensation insurance carriers' payments and denials of medical benefits and supplemental income benefits. Determine whether carries' actions are reasonable and consistent with the overall design of the law. | |
| Committee: | Senate State Affairs, Interim | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report on the General Services Commission, Texas Department of Transportation, workers' compensation insurance fund : with special reports on Automobile Theft Prevention Authority, Commission on Fire Protection, Office of Administrative Hearings, State Pr | |
| Subjects: | Administrative Hearings, State Office of | Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority | Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas | Ethics Commission, Texas | Fire Protection, Texas Commission on | General Services Commission, Texas | Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund | Transportation, Texas Department of | Workers' compensation | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.72 st29sr | |
| Session: | 72nd R.S. (1991) | |
| Online version: | View report [67 pages File size: 2,406 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | The Committee shall examine the functions of the Department of Transportation, including issues ranging from organization to regulatory procedures. | |
| 2. | The Committee shall study and monitor the use of the Workers' Compensation State Fund. | |
| 3. | The Committee shall monitor the operations of the General Services Commission as amended by HB 39, 72nd Legislature, 2nd Called Session. | |
| 4. | Monitor legislation related to the Office of Administrative Hearings, the Ethics Commission, Auto Theft Prevention Authority, Commission on Fire Protection, and the Office of the Comptroller's Property Tax Division. Examine issues related to transition, organization and regulatory procedures. * | |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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