TITLE: Relating to unfair settlement practices with respect to workers' compensation insurance claims.

SUMMARY: Relating to unfair settlement practices with respect to workers' compensation insurance claims.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to unfair settlement practices with respect to workers' compensation insurance claims. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 541.060, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) This section applies to a claim by an insured or beneficiary under an insurance policy for workers' compensation insurance. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.