Exempt Filing Notification Pursuant to the Insurance Code Chapter 5, Subchapter 
L, Article 5.96 

PROPOSED
The Commissioner of Insurance, or his designee, will hold a public hearing under 
Docket Number 2256 on November 19, 1996, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 100 of the Texas 
Department of Insurance Building, 333 Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas, to 
consider a petition by the staff of the Texas Department of Insurance proposing 
the adoption of amendments to the Texas Workers' Compensation Statistical Plan 
(the Plan). 
The petition requests the consideration of amendments to the Plan to clarify 
that submission of unit statistical reports may be made in either electronic or 
paper format; to show the designation of a new statistical agent; to revise 
reporting instructions; to revise the agency name; to revise the change of 
ownership reporting rules; to add instructions for filing deductibles; to add 
statistical codes; to add instructions for filing data for statistical codes 
9887 and 9889; to add instructions for filing policies that report experience 
for multiple entities; to add instructions for filing unit statistical reports 
on employee leasing policies; to delete the requirements to file the Deductible 
Aggregate Code field; to add statistical code 9890 (Negotiated Experience 
Modifier Credit); and to make minor miscellaneous editorial changes.
The Commissioner has jurisdiction of this matter pursuant to the Insurance Code, 
Articles 5.58, 5.96 and 21.69. 
Copies of the full text of the staff petitions and proposed revised plan are 
available for review in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Texas Department of 
Insurance, 333 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78701. For further information 
or to request copies of the petition and the proposed revised plan, please 
contact Angie Arizpe, at (512) 322-4147, (refer to Reference Number W-1096-41-
I).
Comments on the proposed changes must be submitted in writing within 30 days 
after publication of the proposal in the Texas Register to the Office of the 
Chief Clerk, P. O. Box 149104, MC 113-2A, Austin, Texas, 78714-9104. An 
additional copy of the comment should be submitted to Clare Pramuk, Director, 
Data Services, P. O. Box 149104, MC 105-5D, Austin, Texas, 78714-9104. 
This notification is made pursuant to the Texas Insurance Code Article 5.96, 
which exempts it from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure and Texas 
Register Act (Government Code, Title 10, Ch. 2001.) 
This agency hereby certifies that the proposed amendments have been reviewed by 
legal counsel and found to be within the agency's authority to adopt.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on October 9, 1996.
TRD-9614752
Robert Carter
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: October 9, 1996

Exempt Filing Notification Pursuant to the Texas Insurance Code, Chapter 5, 
Subchapter L, Article 5.96

PROPOSED
The Commissioner of Insurance, or his designee, will hold a public hearing under 
Docket Number 2257 on November 19, 1996, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 100 of the Texas 
Department of Insurance Building, 333 Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas, to 
consider a petition by the staff of the Texas Department of Insurance proposing 
the adoption of amendments to the Texas Detailed Claim Information Statistical 
Plan (the Plan). 
The petition requests the consideration of amendments to the Plan to show 
changes due to the designation of a new statistical agent; to modify logical and 
fatal edits to improve data quality; to add injury code 97 for repetitive motion 
injuries; to change procedures for following up on rejected claims and filing 
subsequent reports; to add edit numbers for fatal errors; and revise other data 
reporting procedures. 
The Commissioner has jurisdiction of this matter pursuant to the Insurance Code, 
Articles 5.58, 5.96 and 21.69. 
Copies of the full text of the staff petition and the proposed revisions of the 
Plan are available for review in the Office of the Chief Clerk of the Texas 
Department of Insurance, 333 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78701. For further 
information or to request copies of the petitions and proposed revisions of the 
Plan, please contact Angie Arizpe, at (512) 322-4147 (refer to Reference Number 
W-1096-42-I). 
Comments on the proposed changes must be submitted in writing within 30 days 
after publication of the proposal in the Texas Register to the Office of the 
Chief Clerk, P. O. Box 149104, MC 113-2A, Austin, Texas, 78714-9104. An 
additional copy of the comment should be submitted to Clare Pramuk, Director, 
Data Services, P. O. Box 149104, MC 105-5D, Austin, Texas, 78714-9104. 
This notification is made pursuant to the Texas Insurance Code Article 5.96, 
which exempts it from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure and Texas 
Register Act (Government Code, Title 10, Chapter 2001.) 
This agency hereby certifies that the proposed amendments have been reviewed by 
legal counsel and found to be within the agency's authority to adopt.
Issued in Austin, Texas, on October 9, 1996.
TRD-9614753
Robert Carter
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: October 9, 1996