Risk Management User Group

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Risk Management User Group

• Thursday, December 9, 2004

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Welcome

• Michael L. Hay, CGFM, CPPM

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Meeting Agenda

• 830 835 Introduction
• 835 905 Jonathan Bow, Executive Director,
  SORM
• 905 945 Terry Myers
• 945 1000 SORM 200
• 1000 1015 Break
• 1015 1100 Deputy Garry Parker,Travel Safety,
  If a Car Could Talk
• 1100 1145 Roundtable Discussion

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• Jonathan BowExecutive Director

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Questions?

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FY04 Workers Compensation Claims Review

• Terry G. Myers
• Director of Claims Operations

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SORM 200

• Michael L. Hay, CGFM, CPPM

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Statewide Risk Management ExpendituresSORM200
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SORM200 Notaries/Insurance/Claims
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SORM200 Property Liability Claims
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Property and Casualty Claims by Settlement Amounts
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SORM200 Property Casualty Claims
Settlements/Reserves/Demands
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Break Time!

• See you in
• 15 minutes!

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Travel Safety If a Car Could Talk

• Garry L. Parker, Senior Trooper
• Public Information and Education Resource Officer
• Texas Department of Public Safety

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Questions?
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Roundtable Discussion

• Joe Deering, Risk Management Specialist
• Sam Arant, Risk Management Specialist
• Deanna Saile, Risk Management Specialist
• Lisa Bell, Risk Management Specialist
• Curt Krill, Risk Management Specialist
• Sally Becker, Insurance Specialist
• Mike Hay, Director

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Roundtable Topics

• Natural Gas Piping Systems Texas State Fire
  Marshal Directive of September 15, 2004
• Indoor Air Quality in state occupied buildings
  SB 599, signed by Governor June 6, 2003
• Status of Business Continuity Plans of state
  agencies
• Ergonomic programs at state agencies
• Revision of SORMs Risk Management for Texas
  State Agencies guidelines
• Insurance Program
• Online Risk Assessment System

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Texas Department of InsuranceState Fire
Marshals OfficeAustin, Texas

• Texas State Fire Marshal Directive
• The state Fire Marshal has determined that any
  natural gas piping system that has not been
  inspected and tested within the last two years
  constitutes a dangerous condition.
• Therefore, pursuant to the authority of Texas
  Government Code 417.008, we are directing that
  you take immediate steps to insure that

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Texas State Fire Marshal Directive

• All natural gas piping systems owned, operated
  and controlled be a State Agency or State Higher
  Education Campus are designed, constructed,
  maintained and operated in accordance with the
  Minimum Safety Standards for Natural Gas, 49 Code
  of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 192, as
  required by 16 TAC 7.70.
• 2. All interior gas piping in structures and
  buildings are installed, operated, tested, and
  repaired in accordance with National Fire
  Protection Association Fuel Gas Code, NFPA 54.

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Texas State Fire Marshal Directive

• A leakage survey (pressure test) is completed on
  all interior gas piping in all structures and
  buildings used for sleeping every two years.
• Testing A pressure test to determine if the
  natural gas piping in each facility will hold at
  least normal operating pressure shall be
  performed as follows
• (A) For systems on which the normal operating
  pressure is less than 0.5 psig, the test pressure
  shall be 5 psig and the time interval shall be 30
  minutes.
• (B) For systems on which the normal operating
  pressure is 0.5 psig or more, the test pressure
  shall be 1.5 times the normal operating pressure
  or 5 psig, whichever is greater, and the time
  interval shall be 30 minutes.
• (C) A pressure test using normal operating
  pressure shall be utilized only on systems
  operating at 5 psig or greater, and the time
  interval shall be one hour.

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Texas State Fire Marshal Directive

• The testing shall be conducted by
• A licensed plumber
• A qualified employee or agent of the facility who
  is regularly employed as or acting as a
  maintenance person or maintenance engineer
• A person exempt from the plumbing license law as
  provided in Texas Civil Statutes, Article
  6243-101, 3
• All facilities should take immediate action to
  insure compliance. All facilities should be in
  compliance no later than September 1, 2005.
  Documentation of compliance should be maintained
  in the facility safety department and be
  available for inspection by the State Fire
  Marshal, Railroad Commission, or other State
  officials.

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Questions?
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Feedback Form

• Please complete the survey form located in the
  back of your packet and turn it in before you
  leave.
• We value your comments.

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Risk Management User Group

• Thank you for attending
• Happy Holidays!!