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title: Member News [November Risk Pool Report]
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Loss Prevention Training, Member Spotlight - Holiday Highlights, and Texas Legislature Update

| View in browser November 2021 Information You Need to Stay Stronger, Together. In this edition... Upcoming Loss Prevention Training Stronger, Together Podcast Series - Episode 10a: Part 1 - Workers' Compensation Budget Requests Loss Prevention T.I.P.S. Texas Legislature - A Quick Pool Related Update Member Spotlight: Pool Members and Their Holiday Display Service in Focus - Submitting Liability and Property Claims News and Information  Read our latest posts on the TMLIRP blog   Upcoming Loss Prevention Training Click here to view a listing of our upcoming programs. These programs are provided at no additional costs to Members. Please refer to our Events Calendar for specific information related to registering for these programs.   New Episode: Local Officials: Stronger, Together Podcast (Part 2) Listen to Episode 10a Part 1: Workers' Compensation: Taking Care of Your Employees, the tenth episode in the TML Risk Pool’s STP Series. The TML Risk Pool provides workers’ compensation coverage for more than 200,000 local government employees, and receives around 10,000 claims per year. The Workers’ Compensation Department is the largest of all the Pool’s departments, largely because the workers' compensation process is highly-regulated by the Workers’ Compensation Division of the Texas Department of Insurance. In this episode, you’ll hear from key Pool staff about the process and how it’s administered, most importantly how we partner with Members to help guide them through the complex process.   Budget Requests The Pool uses budgets to help identify member operations and requests budgets in January each year. If available, please send in your most recently approved operating budget to the Underwriting Department, either via mail to: TMLIRP, Attention: Underwriting Dept., PO BOX 149194, Austin, TX 78714 or email to underwriting@tmlirp.org.   Have a Merry and SAFE Holiday Season! None of us want to experience a holiday season saddened by injury, crime, or property damage mishaps. Some activities that should involve pre-planning include working from heights, hosting festivals, and lifting heavy or awkward objects. The following Loss Prevention T.I.P.S. sheet applies to work or home and can keep you, your fellow employees, and even your family, merry and safe.       Texas Legislature - A Quick Pool Related Update Congress passes Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act:  Congress recently passed a $1.2 trillion bill that will make historic investments in the nation's core infrastructure priorities including roads, bridges, rail, transit, airports, ports, energy transmission, water systems, and broadband.    The IIJA includes $550 billion in new spending, approximately half of which goes to the U.S. Department of Transportation and will result in higher funding levels in existing programs as well as the creation of many new programs. Included in the $550 billion in new spending is $110 billion for investments in aging roads and bridges, $65 billion for grants to states for broadband deployment, $55 billion for water infrastructure, and $65 billion for grid reliability and resiliency.   What does that mean for Texas and Texas cities? Based on numbers from the White House, Texas can expect:   $26.9 billion for federal-aid highway apportioned programs; $3.3 billion to improve public transportation options; $2.9 billion to improve water infrastructure; $1.2 billion for airport infrastructure development; $537 million for bridge replacement and repairs; $408 million to support the expansion of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network; $100 million to help provide broadband coverage; $53 million to help protect against wildfires; and $42 million to protect against cyberattacks.   More information will be forthcoming.   Texas Public Utility Commission adopts rules for weatherization of electric utilities: The Public Utility Commission (PUC) adopted its first set of rules relating to weather emergency preparedness reliability standards after receiving public comments from over two dozen entities, including the City of Houston and the Texas Public Power Association.    The adopted rules include winter weather emergency preparation measures for generation entities and transmission service providers in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power region, as required by S.B. 3. The League previously reported on S.B. 3 here. Member Spotlight     For this month’s member spotlight, we actually want to send a shout-out to all of the cities and towns across Texas that go to great lengths to ensure their communities feel the holiday spirit. Read more here.      Service in Focus REMINDER: Submit liability or property claims through the member portal or claims@tmlirp.org!   The Pool is constantly working to serve Members as quickly and efficiently as possible. One way you can help us do so is by submitting liability or property claims through the Member Portal (use the “file a claim” feature) or emailing it to claims@tmlirp.org. If you’ve been served with an actual lawsuit, you can scan and submit that as well. Once assigned a number by the Pool’s claim system, a Member can track their claim and adjuster in the portal submission screen. This information updates in real-time when changed in the claim system. Also, using the claim number in the subject line, a Member can share additional documentation by emailing ALPMail@tmlirp.org. Claims submitted outside of the methods described above could be delayed, so please help us serve you by using the portal or email address.   To access to the Member Portal, go to www.tmlirp.org, click “Register”in the top right corner, and submit the requested information. As always, contact your Member Services Manager with any questions.            Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool   PO Box 149194 Austin, Texas 78714 (512) 491-2300 or (800) 537-6655 TMLIRP, PO Box 149194, Austin, Texas 78714, (800) 537-6655 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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