Texas Likely to Become an ‘NCCI’ State for Workers’ Comp; Question Is — When?

Texas will be privatizing many functions in its workers’ compensation system if a staff petition to adopt the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Basic Manual, with Texas exceptions, and the national and Texas-specific endorsements and forms in the NCCI Forms Manual, is approved by Texas Insurance Commissioner Julia Rathgeber. Rathgeber has previously indicated that Texas likely will become an “NCCI state.” One question remains: When will the adoption go into effect?