85R6545 SCL-F     By: Smithee H.B. No. 3149       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to confidentiality of reports and related information for   a solvency examination of an insurance carrier.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 401.058, Insurance Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as   follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] final or   preliminary examination report and any information obtained during   an examination are confidential and privileged for all purposes.   This information is inadmissible as evidence in a civil action and   is [are] not subject to:                (1)  disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code;                (2)  a subpoena, other than a grand jury subpoena; or                (3)  discovery in a civil action.          (c)  Subsection (a) does not limit the commissioner's   authority to use a final or preliminary examination report and any   information obtained during an examination in the furtherance of   any legal or regulatory action that the commissioner, in the   commissioner's sole discretion, considers appropriate.          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, 2017.