HB 3658
AN ACT relating to continuing education program contents and format
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Requires insurance adjusters to complete continuing education programs that include specific legal and technical training, such as insurance claim laws, business code provisions, and state and local building codes. Adjusters must receive at least one hour of training per licensing period on damage assessment, policy coverage, mitigation standards, and reconstruction, with courses available in multiple formats like classroom, online, and self-paced learning. The new requirements aim to ensure adjusters have comprehensive knowledge of insurance claim processes and building standards, taking effect on September 1, 2025.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to continuing education program contents and format relating to building codes for insurance adjusters. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 4004.105, Insurance Code, is amended to Sec. 4004.105. ADJUSTER CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM CONTENTS AND FORMAT. (a) A continuing education program for adjusters licensed under Chapter 4101 must include education (3) Subchapter A, Chapter 542; (4) Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce (5) state and local building codes that is at least one hour in each licensing period and includes information relating to: (A) damage assessment and claim adjustment; (B) policy coverage interpretations involving (C) mitigation and reconstruction standards applicable to insured losses; and (6) any other similar laws specified by the (b) In relation to a course instructing an adjuster licensed under Chapter 4101 on building code requirements under Subsection (1) develop the course or certify a continuing education program with the course under Section 4004.101; and (2) ensure that the course is available through continuing education program providers in multiple formats, including a classroom setting, an online setting, and self-paced SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to continuing education program contents and format
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