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      88(R) SB 1415 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88R4545 RDS-D
         
		By:  Johnson
            S.B.  No.  1415
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the regulation of certain continuing education 
         
            programs.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 6002.159, Insurance Code, is amended by 
         
            amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as 
         
            follows:
         
                          (b)    The commissioner may not adopt a rule that excludes or 
         
            devalues a signed or otherwise substantially verifiable 
         
            certificate of training that is:
         
                                      (1)    applicable to the areas of work authorized by the 
         
            relevant license; and
         
                                      (2)    issued by a training program or school that is:
         
                                                  (A)    nationally recognized; or
         
                                                  (B)    authorized under the Occupations Code or 
         
            Education Code.
         
                          (c)    The commissioner may not adopt a rule that requires more 
         
            than eight hours of [Participation in the] continuing education for 
         
            any license renewal period [programs is voluntary].
         
                          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, 2023.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Insurance Code 6002.159 (Insurance Code 6002)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the regulation of certain continuing education
	programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 6002.159, Insurance Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
	follows:
	(b) The commissioner may not adopt a rule that excludes or
	devalues a signed or otherwise substantially verifiable
	certificate of training that is:
	(1) applicable to the areas of work authorized by the
	relevant license; and
	(2) issued by a training program or school that is:
	(A) nationally recognized; or
	(B) authorized under the Occupations Code or
	Education Code.
	(c) The commissioner may not adopt a rule that requires more
	than eight hours of [~~Participation in the~~] continuing education for
	any license renewal period [~~programs is voluntary~~].
	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, 2023.