Texas Labor Codes 412.011

• Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 527, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

(a) The State Office of Risk Management shall administer insurance services obtained by state agencies, including the government employees workers' compensation insurance program and the state risk management programs.

(b) The office shall:

(1) operate as a full-service risk manager and insurance manager for state agencies as provided by Subsection (c);

(2) maintain and review records of property, casualty, or liability insurance coverages purchased by or for a state agency;

(3) administer the program for the purchase of surety bonds for state officers and employees as provided by Chapter 653, Government Code;

(4) administer guidelines adopted by the board for a comprehensive risk management program applicable to all state agencies to reduce property and liability losses, including workers' compensation losses;

(5) review, verify, monitor, and approve risk management programs adopted by state agencies;

(6) assist a state agency that has not implemented an effective risk management program to implement a comprehensive program that meets the guidelines established by the board;

(7) administer the workers' compensation insurance program for state employees established under Chapter 501; and

(8) (effective September 1, 2003) provide risk management services for employees of community supervision and corrections departments established under Chapter 76, Government Code, as if the employees were employees of a state agency.

(c) The office shall:

(1) perform risk management for each state agency subject to Chapter 412; and

(2) purchase insurance coverage for a state agency subject to Chapter 501, except for an institution subject to Section 501.022, under any line of insurance other than health or life insurance, including liability insurance authorized under Chapter 612, Government Code.

(d) The board by rule shall develop an implementation schedule for the purchase under this section of insurance for state agencies by the office. The board shall phase in, by line of insurance, the requirement that a state agency purchase coverage only through the office.

(e) A state agency subject to Chapter 501, except for an institution subject to Section 501.022, may not purchase property, casualty, or liability insurance coverage without the approval of the board.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1098, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1017, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 527, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.