Notice is hereby given that the Commissioner of Insurance has entered Commissioner´s Order No. 00-0149 dated February 7, 2000, which adopted amendments to Rule XVIII and Forms GPP-1 and GPP-2 of the Texas Basic Manual of Rules, Classifications and Experience Rating Plan for Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability Insurance (Manual). The purpose of the amendment is to allow a group to establish a pre-determined premium discount evaluation date that is used in lieu of a common expiration date for determining the premium discount for the group. The amendments also make editorial changes by amending the post office box number and zip code for the Workers' Compensation Division and by correcting punctuation marks in the rule and on the forms.
These changes are effective for workers' compensation policies written with an effective date on or after March 4, 2000, which is fifteen days after notice of this adoption was published in the February 18 th edition of the Texas Register.
Copies of the revised Manual pages will be sent free of charge to those who have purchased a copy of the Manual from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). The Manual may be purchased from the TDI for $30.00 per manual in accordance with the order information sheet attached to this letter. The Manual is also available to be downloaded from the TDI Web Page (www.tdi.state.tx.us).
Yours very truly,
Nancy Moore
Deputy Commissioner
Workers' Compensation
Nancy.Moore@tdi.state.tx.us
Attachments
Rule XVIII Changes (download only)
Form GPP-1 and GPP-2 Changes (download only)
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Adopted Section 00-0149 |
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
EXEMPT FILING NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE
INSURANCE CODE, CHAPTER 5, SUBCHAPTER L, ARTICLE 5.96
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO RULE XVIII AND FORMS GPP-1 AND
GPP-2 OF THE TEXAS BASIC MANUAL OF RULES, CLASSIFICATIONS
AND EXPERIENCE RATING PLAN FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION
AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE
The Commissioner of Insurance has adopted amendments to Rule XVIII and Form GPP-1 and GPP-2 of the Texas Basic Manual of Rules, Classifications and Experience Rating Plan for Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability Insurance (the Manual). The amendments were proposed in a petition filed by CompGroup AGC, Inc. on October 21, 1999. Notice of the proposal (Reference No. W-0999-15) was published in the December 17, 1999, issue of the Texas Register (24 TexReg 11539). The amendments were considered at a public hearing on January 18, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. under Docket No. 2434 in Room 100 of the William P. Hobby Jr., State Office Building, 333 Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas. The purpose of the amendments is to allow a group to establish a pre-determined premium discount evaluation date that is used in lieu of a common expiration date for determining the premium discount for the group. The amendments also make editorial changes by amending the post office box number and zip code for the Workers' Compensation Division and by correcting punctuation marks in the rule and on the forms.
The adopted changes to Rule XVIII of the Manual define the term "pre-determined premium discount evaluation date" as the date agreed upon by the group and the insuring carrier and set forth in the group´s plan of operation used in lieu of a common expiration date by the members of the group. Since the group must use either the common expiration date or the pre-determined premium discount evaluation date, any time the common expiration date is mentioned in the rule, the term "pre-determined premium discount evaluation date is added. In addition Form GPP-1 and GPP-2 are amended to include the pre-determined premium discount evaluation date and to update the post office box and zip code of the Workers' Compensation Division of the Texas Department of Insurance.
The Commissioner adopted the amendments to the rule and to the forms without changes to the proposal as noticed in the Texas Register.
The amendments as adopted by the Commissioner of Insurance are shown in the petition on file with the Chief Clerk under Reference No. W-9999-15, which are incorporated by reference into Commissioner´s Order No. 00-0149.
The Commissioner has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to the Insurance Code, Articles 5.56, 5.57A and 5.96.
This notification is made pursuant to the Insurance Code, Article 5.96, which exempts action taken under this article from the requirements of the Government Code, Title 10, Chapter 200. (Administrative Procedure Act).
Consistent with the Insurance Code, Article 5.96 (h), prior to the effective date of this action, the Texas Department of Insurance will notify all insurers affected by this action.
The agency hereby certifies that the adopted amendments have been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency´s legal authority.
Issued in Austin, Texas on February 7, 2000.
Lynda H. Nesenholtz
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
IT IS THEREFORE THE ORDER of the Commissioner of Insurance that the amendments to Rule XVIII and Forms GPP-1 and GPP-2 contained in the Texas Basic Manual of Rules, Classifications and Experience Rating Plan for Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability Insurance which are attached and incorporated hereto are hereby adopted to be effective fifteen days of notice of this adoption is published in the Texas Register.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
JOSE MONTEMAYOR
Commissioner of Insurance
Recommended by:
Nancy Moore
Deputy Commissioner
Workers' Compensation Division
Property and Casualty Program
ATTEST:
Lynda H. Nesenholtz
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
Commissioner´s Order No. 00-0149