Amended IN Assembly April 18, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 22, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2802Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 16, 2018 An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 13550) to Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2802, as amended, Friedman. Insurance payments: interception.Existing law creates the Department of Child Support Services and provides for the interception of funds from state tax refunds, lottery winnings, unemployment compensation benefits, and benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System that otherwise would be paid to a person owing past due child support. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the departments powers and duties.This bill would, beginning January 1, 2020, require an insurer to cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support, and to report those claimants to the department. The bill would require an insurer to match and report a claimant if his or her claim seeks an economic benefit, as defined, but would exempt specified economic benefits, including a claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle. The bill would provide that an insurer, specified agent, or specified insured who specified insured, and a central reporting organization, as defined, that releases information in accordance with this bill, withholds payments payments, as specified, or makes disbursements as specified and makes disbursements, as specified, is immune from liability in specified under certain circumstances. The bill would also require that the data obtained by the department, or by an insurer or its designated agent, only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support, and would specify that various laws protecting the privacy and security of data apply. The bill would authorize an insurer to use a 3rd-party service central reporting organization to automate its claims matching process, and would require an insurer that does not use a 3rd-party service central reporting organization to determine if a claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim, as specified.Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 8 (commencing with Section 13550) is added to Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Insurance Code, to read: Article 8. Insurance Payment Intercept Program13550. (a) An insurer shall cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support and report those claimants to the Department of Child Support Services. (b) An insurer shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if the claim seeks an economic benefit for an obligor who owes past-due child support.(1) An economic benefit under a life insurance policy, disability income insurance policy, or annuity means a payment in which an individual is paid as the payee or copayee for any of the following: (A) A claim by a beneficiary under a life insurance policy.(B) A payment of the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy or annuity.(C) A payment to an annuitant.(D) A payment from a disability income insurance policy.(E) A loan against the cash value or surrender value of an insurance policy or annuity, including loans for premium payments.(2) (A) An economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy means a payment involving loss of, or damage to, property.(B) An insurer shall not match and report a claimant if his or her economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy is any of the following:(i) A claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle.(ii) A payment compensating the insured for the total loss of an insured vehicle.(iii) A claim under a residential property insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured dwelling and contents, including additional living expenses actually incurred.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a claimant with any of following economic benefits shall not be reported:(1) Payments made after the claimant presents a final bill or signed invoice from a vendor or repair facility showing payment made by the claimant for repair or replacement of the damaged property in an amount equal to or greater than the insurance payment.(2) Payments to the mortgagee or lienholder of the property.(3) Payments resulting from an accelerated death benefit.(d) An insurer in California subject to the requirements of this article shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if any of the following apply: (1) A payment is made to the owner of a life policy or annuity that was issued to the owner while residing or located in California.(2) A beneficiary making a claim resides or is located in California.(3) A claimant is making a property claim for property located in California.(e) If an insurer matches a claimant with an obligor who owes past-due child support and reports the claimant to the Department of Child Support Services, the Department of Child Support Services shall provide the insurer with either of the following to secure the payment of the amount of past-due child support:(1) A notice of child support lien.(2) An income-withholding order. (f) For the purposes of this section, insurer includes a fraternal benefit society.13551. Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer or insurance company, its directors, agents, and employees, an insured individual on whose behalf the company makes a payment, and a central reporting organization and its respective employees and agents authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf who release information in accordance with this article, who withhold amounts from payment based on the latest information supplied by the Department of Child Support Services pursuant to Section 13550, and who make disbursements in good faith and in accordance with Section 13550 shall be in compliance with this section and any applicable fair claim settlement act, and shall be immune from any liability to the claimant or other interested party arising from the payment.13552. (a) Data obtained pursuant to this article shall only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support. If the Department of Child Support Services does not find a match in the data obtained pursuant to this article with a child support obligor, the Department of Child Support Services shall not maintain that data and shall immediately destroy that data.(b) An insurer that provides, attempts to provide, or in any way accesses data pursuant to this article shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws for the protection of the privacy and the security of that data, including, but not limited to, the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act (Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 791) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1), the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(c) The Department of Child Support Services shall consider any information received from an insurer as confidential. That information shall be used or disclosed only for the purpose of collecting past-due child support.(d) Information provided by the Department of Child Support Services to an insurer, or its designated agent, for the purpose of conducting a data match shall not be used by the insurer or its agent for any other purpose, and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent necessary to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support. The insurer or its agent shall destroy or erase all information provided to the insurer after completion of matching and reporting. This subdivision does not apply to information contained in a child support lien or an income-withholding order received from the Department of Child Support Services after the insurer has matched and reported a claimant. 13553. (a) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support through the use of a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups. central reporting organization. If an insurer does not use a third-party service central reporting organization to automate the process, the insurer shall determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim.(b) For claims involving periodic payments after the insurer has determined that benefits will be paid, the insurer shall only determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before the initial payment and every 12 months thereafter. 13554. For the purposes of this article, central reporting organization means a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups.13554. 13555. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2020. SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 13552 to the Insurance Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:In order to protect the privacy of insurance claimants and persons owed past-due support, it is necessary that the data obtained by the Department of Child Support Services from insurers pursuant to this act be kept confidential.
Amended IN Assembly April 18, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 22, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2802Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 16, 2018 An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 13550) to Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2802, as amended, Friedman. Insurance payments: interception.Existing law creates the Department of Child Support Services and provides for the interception of funds from state tax refunds, lottery winnings, unemployment compensation benefits, and benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System that otherwise would be paid to a person owing past due child support. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the departments powers and duties.This bill would, beginning January 1, 2020, require an insurer to cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support, and to report those claimants to the department. The bill would require an insurer to match and report a claimant if his or her claim seeks an economic benefit, as defined, but would exempt specified economic benefits, including a claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle. The bill would provide that an insurer, specified agent, or specified insured who specified insured, and a central reporting organization, as defined, that releases information in accordance with this bill, withholds payments payments, as specified, or makes disbursements as specified and makes disbursements, as specified, is immune from liability in specified under certain circumstances. The bill would also require that the data obtained by the department, or by an insurer or its designated agent, only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support, and would specify that various laws protecting the privacy and security of data apply. The bill would authorize an insurer to use a 3rd-party service central reporting organization to automate its claims matching process, and would require an insurer that does not use a 3rd-party service central reporting organization to determine if a claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim, as specified.Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 18, 2018 Amended IN Assembly March 22, 2018
Amended IN Assembly April 18, 2018
Amended IN Assembly March 22, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2802
Introduced by Assembly Member FriedmanFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman
February 16, 2018
An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 13550) to Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2802, as amended, Friedman. Insurance payments: interception.
Existing law creates the Department of Child Support Services and provides for the interception of funds from state tax refunds, lottery winnings, unemployment compensation benefits, and benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System that otherwise would be paid to a person owing past due child support. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the departments powers and duties.This bill would, beginning January 1, 2020, require an insurer to cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support, and to report those claimants to the department. The bill would require an insurer to match and report a claimant if his or her claim seeks an economic benefit, as defined, but would exempt specified economic benefits, including a claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle. The bill would provide that an insurer, specified agent, or specified insured who specified insured, and a central reporting organization, as defined, that releases information in accordance with this bill, withholds payments payments, as specified, or makes disbursements as specified and makes disbursements, as specified, is immune from liability in specified under certain circumstances. The bill would also require that the data obtained by the department, or by an insurer or its designated agent, only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support, and would specify that various laws protecting the privacy and security of data apply. The bill would authorize an insurer to use a 3rd-party service central reporting organization to automate its claims matching process, and would require an insurer that does not use a 3rd-party service central reporting organization to determine if a claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim, as specified.Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
Existing law creates the Department of Child Support Services and provides for the interception of funds from state tax refunds, lottery winnings, unemployment compensation benefits, and benefits under the Public Employees Retirement System that otherwise would be paid to a person owing past due child support. Existing law creates the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner, and prescribes the departments powers and duties.
This bill would, beginning January 1, 2020, require an insurer to cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support, and to report those claimants to the department. The bill would require an insurer to match and report a claimant if his or her claim seeks an economic benefit, as defined, but would exempt specified economic benefits, including a claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle. The bill would provide that an insurer, specified agent, or specified insured who specified insured, and a central reporting organization, as defined, that releases information in accordance with this bill, withholds payments payments, as specified, or makes disbursements as specified and makes disbursements, as specified, is immune from liability in specified under certain circumstances. The bill would also require that the data obtained by the department, or by an insurer or its designated agent, only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support, and would specify that various laws protecting the privacy and security of data apply. The bill would authorize an insurer to use a 3rd-party service central reporting organization to automate its claims matching process, and would require an insurer that does not use a 3rd-party service central reporting organization to determine if a claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim, as specified.
Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 8 (commencing with Section 13550) is added to Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Insurance Code, to read: Article 8. Insurance Payment Intercept Program13550. (a) An insurer shall cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support and report those claimants to the Department of Child Support Services. (b) An insurer shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if the claim seeks an economic benefit for an obligor who owes past-due child support.(1) An economic benefit under a life insurance policy, disability income insurance policy, or annuity means a payment in which an individual is paid as the payee or copayee for any of the following: (A) A claim by a beneficiary under a life insurance policy.(B) A payment of the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy or annuity.(C) A payment to an annuitant.(D) A payment from a disability income insurance policy.(E) A loan against the cash value or surrender value of an insurance policy or annuity, including loans for premium payments.(2) (A) An economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy means a payment involving loss of, or damage to, property.(B) An insurer shall not match and report a claimant if his or her economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy is any of the following:(i) A claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle.(ii) A payment compensating the insured for the total loss of an insured vehicle.(iii) A claim under a residential property insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured dwelling and contents, including additional living expenses actually incurred.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a claimant with any of following economic benefits shall not be reported:(1) Payments made after the claimant presents a final bill or signed invoice from a vendor or repair facility showing payment made by the claimant for repair or replacement of the damaged property in an amount equal to or greater than the insurance payment.(2) Payments to the mortgagee or lienholder of the property.(3) Payments resulting from an accelerated death benefit.(d) An insurer in California subject to the requirements of this article shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if any of the following apply: (1) A payment is made to the owner of a life policy or annuity that was issued to the owner while residing or located in California.(2) A beneficiary making a claim resides or is located in California.(3) A claimant is making a property claim for property located in California.(e) If an insurer matches a claimant with an obligor who owes past-due child support and reports the claimant to the Department of Child Support Services, the Department of Child Support Services shall provide the insurer with either of the following to secure the payment of the amount of past-due child support:(1) A notice of child support lien.(2) An income-withholding order. (f) For the purposes of this section, insurer includes a fraternal benefit society.13551. Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer or insurance company, its directors, agents, and employees, an insured individual on whose behalf the company makes a payment, and a central reporting organization and its respective employees and agents authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf who release information in accordance with this article, who withhold amounts from payment based on the latest information supplied by the Department of Child Support Services pursuant to Section 13550, and who make disbursements in good faith and in accordance with Section 13550 shall be in compliance with this section and any applicable fair claim settlement act, and shall be immune from any liability to the claimant or other interested party arising from the payment.13552. (a) Data obtained pursuant to this article shall only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support. If the Department of Child Support Services does not find a match in the data obtained pursuant to this article with a child support obligor, the Department of Child Support Services shall not maintain that data and shall immediately destroy that data.(b) An insurer that provides, attempts to provide, or in any way accesses data pursuant to this article shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws for the protection of the privacy and the security of that data, including, but not limited to, the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act (Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 791) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1), the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(c) The Department of Child Support Services shall consider any information received from an insurer as confidential. That information shall be used or disclosed only for the purpose of collecting past-due child support.(d) Information provided by the Department of Child Support Services to an insurer, or its designated agent, for the purpose of conducting a data match shall not be used by the insurer or its agent for any other purpose, and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent necessary to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support. The insurer or its agent shall destroy or erase all information provided to the insurer after completion of matching and reporting. This subdivision does not apply to information contained in a child support lien or an income-withholding order received from the Department of Child Support Services after the insurer has matched and reported a claimant. 13553. (a) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support through the use of a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups. central reporting organization. If an insurer does not use a third-party service central reporting organization to automate the process, the insurer shall determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim.(b) For claims involving periodic payments after the insurer has determined that benefits will be paid, the insurer shall only determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before the initial payment and every 12 months thereafter. 13554. For the purposes of this article, central reporting organization means a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups.13554. 13555. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2020. SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 13552 to the Insurance Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:In order to protect the privacy of insurance claimants and persons owed past-due support, it is necessary that the data obtained by the Department of Child Support Services from insurers pursuant to this act be kept confidential.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Article 8 (commencing with Section 13550) is added to Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Insurance Code, to read: Article 8. Insurance Payment Intercept Program13550. (a) An insurer shall cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support and report those claimants to the Department of Child Support Services. (b) An insurer shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if the claim seeks an economic benefit for an obligor who owes past-due child support.(1) An economic benefit under a life insurance policy, disability income insurance policy, or annuity means a payment in which an individual is paid as the payee or copayee for any of the following: (A) A claim by a beneficiary under a life insurance policy.(B) A payment of the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy or annuity.(C) A payment to an annuitant.(D) A payment from a disability income insurance policy.(E) A loan against the cash value or surrender value of an insurance policy or annuity, including loans for premium payments.(2) (A) An economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy means a payment involving loss of, or damage to, property.(B) An insurer shall not match and report a claimant if his or her economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy is any of the following:(i) A claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle.(ii) A payment compensating the insured for the total loss of an insured vehicle.(iii) A claim under a residential property insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured dwelling and contents, including additional living expenses actually incurred.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a claimant with any of following economic benefits shall not be reported:(1) Payments made after the claimant presents a final bill or signed invoice from a vendor or repair facility showing payment made by the claimant for repair or replacement of the damaged property in an amount equal to or greater than the insurance payment.(2) Payments to the mortgagee or lienholder of the property.(3) Payments resulting from an accelerated death benefit.(d) An insurer in California subject to the requirements of this article shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if any of the following apply: (1) A payment is made to the owner of a life policy or annuity that was issued to the owner while residing or located in California.(2) A beneficiary making a claim resides or is located in California.(3) A claimant is making a property claim for property located in California.(e) If an insurer matches a claimant with an obligor who owes past-due child support and reports the claimant to the Department of Child Support Services, the Department of Child Support Services shall provide the insurer with either of the following to secure the payment of the amount of past-due child support:(1) A notice of child support lien.(2) An income-withholding order. (f) For the purposes of this section, insurer includes a fraternal benefit society.13551. Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer or insurance company, its directors, agents, and employees, an insured individual on whose behalf the company makes a payment, and a central reporting organization and its respective employees and agents authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf who release information in accordance with this article, who withhold amounts from payment based on the latest information supplied by the Department of Child Support Services pursuant to Section 13550, and who make disbursements in good faith and in accordance with Section 13550 shall be in compliance with this section and any applicable fair claim settlement act, and shall be immune from any liability to the claimant or other interested party arising from the payment.13552. (a) Data obtained pursuant to this article shall only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support. If the Department of Child Support Services does not find a match in the data obtained pursuant to this article with a child support obligor, the Department of Child Support Services shall not maintain that data and shall immediately destroy that data.(b) An insurer that provides, attempts to provide, or in any way accesses data pursuant to this article shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws for the protection of the privacy and the security of that data, including, but not limited to, the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act (Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 791) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1), the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(c) The Department of Child Support Services shall consider any information received from an insurer as confidential. That information shall be used or disclosed only for the purpose of collecting past-due child support.(d) Information provided by the Department of Child Support Services to an insurer, or its designated agent, for the purpose of conducting a data match shall not be used by the insurer or its agent for any other purpose, and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent necessary to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support. The insurer or its agent shall destroy or erase all information provided to the insurer after completion of matching and reporting. This subdivision does not apply to information contained in a child support lien or an income-withholding order received from the Department of Child Support Services after the insurer has matched and reported a claimant. 13553. (a) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support through the use of a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups. central reporting organization. If an insurer does not use a third-party service central reporting organization to automate the process, the insurer shall determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim.(b) For claims involving periodic payments after the insurer has determined that benefits will be paid, the insurer shall only determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before the initial payment and every 12 months thereafter. 13554. For the purposes of this article, central reporting organization means a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups.13554. 13555. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
SECTION 1. Article 8 (commencing with Section 13550) is added to Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Insurance Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
Article 8. Insurance Payment Intercept Program13550. (a) An insurer shall cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support and report those claimants to the Department of Child Support Services. (b) An insurer shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if the claim seeks an economic benefit for an obligor who owes past-due child support.(1) An economic benefit under a life insurance policy, disability income insurance policy, or annuity means a payment in which an individual is paid as the payee or copayee for any of the following: (A) A claim by a beneficiary under a life insurance policy.(B) A payment of the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy or annuity.(C) A payment to an annuitant.(D) A payment from a disability income insurance policy.(E) A loan against the cash value or surrender value of an insurance policy or annuity, including loans for premium payments.(2) (A) An economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy means a payment involving loss of, or damage to, property.(B) An insurer shall not match and report a claimant if his or her economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy is any of the following:(i) A claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle.(ii) A payment compensating the insured for the total loss of an insured vehicle.(iii) A claim under a residential property insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured dwelling and contents, including additional living expenses actually incurred.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a claimant with any of following economic benefits shall not be reported:(1) Payments made after the claimant presents a final bill or signed invoice from a vendor or repair facility showing payment made by the claimant for repair or replacement of the damaged property in an amount equal to or greater than the insurance payment.(2) Payments to the mortgagee or lienholder of the property.(3) Payments resulting from an accelerated death benefit.(d) An insurer in California subject to the requirements of this article shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if any of the following apply: (1) A payment is made to the owner of a life policy or annuity that was issued to the owner while residing or located in California.(2) A beneficiary making a claim resides or is located in California.(3) A claimant is making a property claim for property located in California.(e) If an insurer matches a claimant with an obligor who owes past-due child support and reports the claimant to the Department of Child Support Services, the Department of Child Support Services shall provide the insurer with either of the following to secure the payment of the amount of past-due child support:(1) A notice of child support lien.(2) An income-withholding order. (f) For the purposes of this section, insurer includes a fraternal benefit society.13551. Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer or insurance company, its directors, agents, and employees, an insured individual on whose behalf the company makes a payment, and a central reporting organization and its respective employees and agents authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf who release information in accordance with this article, who withhold amounts from payment based on the latest information supplied by the Department of Child Support Services pursuant to Section 13550, and who make disbursements in good faith and in accordance with Section 13550 shall be in compliance with this section and any applicable fair claim settlement act, and shall be immune from any liability to the claimant or other interested party arising from the payment.13552. (a) Data obtained pursuant to this article shall only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support. If the Department of Child Support Services does not find a match in the data obtained pursuant to this article with a child support obligor, the Department of Child Support Services shall not maintain that data and shall immediately destroy that data.(b) An insurer that provides, attempts to provide, or in any way accesses data pursuant to this article shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws for the protection of the privacy and the security of that data, including, but not limited to, the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act (Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 791) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1), the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(c) The Department of Child Support Services shall consider any information received from an insurer as confidential. That information shall be used or disclosed only for the purpose of collecting past-due child support.(d) Information provided by the Department of Child Support Services to an insurer, or its designated agent, for the purpose of conducting a data match shall not be used by the insurer or its agent for any other purpose, and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent necessary to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support. The insurer or its agent shall destroy or erase all information provided to the insurer after completion of matching and reporting. This subdivision does not apply to information contained in a child support lien or an income-withholding order received from the Department of Child Support Services after the insurer has matched and reported a claimant. 13553. (a) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support through the use of a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups. central reporting organization. If an insurer does not use a third-party service central reporting organization to automate the process, the insurer shall determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim.(b) For claims involving periodic payments after the insurer has determined that benefits will be paid, the insurer shall only determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before the initial payment and every 12 months thereafter. 13554. For the purposes of this article, central reporting organization means a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups.13554. 13555. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
Article 8. Insurance Payment Intercept Program13550. (a) An insurer shall cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support and report those claimants to the Department of Child Support Services. (b) An insurer shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if the claim seeks an economic benefit for an obligor who owes past-due child support.(1) An economic benefit under a life insurance policy, disability income insurance policy, or annuity means a payment in which an individual is paid as the payee or copayee for any of the following: (A) A claim by a beneficiary under a life insurance policy.(B) A payment of the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy or annuity.(C) A payment to an annuitant.(D) A payment from a disability income insurance policy.(E) A loan against the cash value or surrender value of an insurance policy or annuity, including loans for premium payments.(2) (A) An economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy means a payment involving loss of, or damage to, property.(B) An insurer shall not match and report a claimant if his or her economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy is any of the following:(i) A claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle.(ii) A payment compensating the insured for the total loss of an insured vehicle.(iii) A claim under a residential property insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured dwelling and contents, including additional living expenses actually incurred.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a claimant with any of following economic benefits shall not be reported:(1) Payments made after the claimant presents a final bill or signed invoice from a vendor or repair facility showing payment made by the claimant for repair or replacement of the damaged property in an amount equal to or greater than the insurance payment.(2) Payments to the mortgagee or lienholder of the property.(3) Payments resulting from an accelerated death benefit.(d) An insurer in California subject to the requirements of this article shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if any of the following apply: (1) A payment is made to the owner of a life policy or annuity that was issued to the owner while residing or located in California.(2) A beneficiary making a claim resides or is located in California.(3) A claimant is making a property claim for property located in California.(e) If an insurer matches a claimant with an obligor who owes past-due child support and reports the claimant to the Department of Child Support Services, the Department of Child Support Services shall provide the insurer with either of the following to secure the payment of the amount of past-due child support:(1) A notice of child support lien.(2) An income-withholding order. (f) For the purposes of this section, insurer includes a fraternal benefit society.13551. Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer or insurance company, its directors, agents, and employees, an insured individual on whose behalf the company makes a payment, and a central reporting organization and its respective employees and agents authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf who release information in accordance with this article, who withhold amounts from payment based on the latest information supplied by the Department of Child Support Services pursuant to Section 13550, and who make disbursements in good faith and in accordance with Section 13550 shall be in compliance with this section and any applicable fair claim settlement act, and shall be immune from any liability to the claimant or other interested party arising from the payment.13552. (a) Data obtained pursuant to this article shall only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support. If the Department of Child Support Services does not find a match in the data obtained pursuant to this article with a child support obligor, the Department of Child Support Services shall not maintain that data and shall immediately destroy that data.(b) An insurer that provides, attempts to provide, or in any way accesses data pursuant to this article shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws for the protection of the privacy and the security of that data, including, but not limited to, the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act (Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 791) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1), the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(c) The Department of Child Support Services shall consider any information received from an insurer as confidential. That information shall be used or disclosed only for the purpose of collecting past-due child support.(d) Information provided by the Department of Child Support Services to an insurer, or its designated agent, for the purpose of conducting a data match shall not be used by the insurer or its agent for any other purpose, and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent necessary to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support. The insurer or its agent shall destroy or erase all information provided to the insurer after completion of matching and reporting. This subdivision does not apply to information contained in a child support lien or an income-withholding order received from the Department of Child Support Services after the insurer has matched and reported a claimant. 13553. (a) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support through the use of a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups. central reporting organization. If an insurer does not use a third-party service central reporting organization to automate the process, the insurer shall determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim.(b) For claims involving periodic payments after the insurer has determined that benefits will be paid, the insurer shall only determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before the initial payment and every 12 months thereafter. 13554. For the purposes of this article, central reporting organization means a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups.13554. 13555. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
Article 8. Insurance Payment Intercept Program
Article 8. Insurance Payment Intercept Program
13550. (a) An insurer shall cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support and report those claimants to the Department of Child Support Services. (b) An insurer shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if the claim seeks an economic benefit for an obligor who owes past-due child support.(1) An economic benefit under a life insurance policy, disability income insurance policy, or annuity means a payment in which an individual is paid as the payee or copayee for any of the following: (A) A claim by a beneficiary under a life insurance policy.(B) A payment of the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy or annuity.(C) A payment to an annuitant.(D) A payment from a disability income insurance policy.(E) A loan against the cash value or surrender value of an insurance policy or annuity, including loans for premium payments.(2) (A) An economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy means a payment involving loss of, or damage to, property.(B) An insurer shall not match and report a claimant if his or her economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy is any of the following:(i) A claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle.(ii) A payment compensating the insured for the total loss of an insured vehicle.(iii) A claim under a residential property insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured dwelling and contents, including additional living expenses actually incurred.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a claimant with any of following economic benefits shall not be reported:(1) Payments made after the claimant presents a final bill or signed invoice from a vendor or repair facility showing payment made by the claimant for repair or replacement of the damaged property in an amount equal to or greater than the insurance payment.(2) Payments to the mortgagee or lienholder of the property.(3) Payments resulting from an accelerated death benefit.(d) An insurer in California subject to the requirements of this article shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if any of the following apply: (1) A payment is made to the owner of a life policy or annuity that was issued to the owner while residing or located in California.(2) A beneficiary making a claim resides or is located in California.(3) A claimant is making a property claim for property located in California.(e) If an insurer matches a claimant with an obligor who owes past-due child support and reports the claimant to the Department of Child Support Services, the Department of Child Support Services shall provide the insurer with either of the following to secure the payment of the amount of past-due child support:(1) A notice of child support lien.(2) An income-withholding order. (f) For the purposes of this section, insurer includes a fraternal benefit society.
13550. (a) An insurer shall cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services to match claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support and report those claimants to the Department of Child Support Services.
(b) An insurer shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if the claim seeks an economic benefit for an obligor who owes past-due child support.
(1) An economic benefit under a life insurance policy, disability income insurance policy, or annuity means a payment in which an individual is paid as the payee or copayee for any of the following:
(A) A claim by a beneficiary under a life insurance policy.
(B) A payment of the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy or annuity.
(C) A payment to an annuitant.
(D) A payment from a disability income insurance policy.
(E) A loan against the cash value or surrender value of an insurance policy or annuity, including loans for premium payments.
(2) (A) An economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy means a payment involving loss of, or damage to, property.
(B) An insurer shall not match and report a claimant if his or her economic benefit under a property and casualty insurance policy is any of the following:
(i) A claim under a personal automobile insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured vehicle.
(ii) A payment compensating the insured for the total loss of an insured vehicle.
(iii) A claim under a residential property insurance policy for actual repair, replacement, or loss of use of an insured dwelling and contents, including additional living expenses actually incurred.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a claimant with any of following economic benefits shall not be reported:
(1) Payments made after the claimant presents a final bill or signed invoice from a vendor or repair facility showing payment made by the claimant for repair or replacement of the damaged property in an amount equal to or greater than the insurance payment.
(2) Payments to the mortgagee or lienholder of the property.
(3) Payments resulting from an accelerated death benefit.
(d) An insurer in California subject to the requirements of this article shall match and report a claimant to the Department of Child Support Services if any of the following apply:
(1) A payment is made to the owner of a life policy or annuity that was issued to the owner while residing or located in California.
(2) A beneficiary making a claim resides or is located in California.
(3) A claimant is making a property claim for property located in California.
(e) If an insurer matches a claimant with an obligor who owes past-due child support and reports the claimant to the Department of Child Support Services, the Department of Child Support Services shall provide the insurer with either of the following to secure the payment of the amount of past-due child support:
(1) A notice of child support lien.
(2) An income-withholding order.
(f) For the purposes of this section, insurer includes a fraternal benefit society.
13551. Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer or insurance company, its directors, agents, and employees, an insured individual on whose behalf the company makes a payment, and a central reporting organization and its respective employees and agents authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf who release information in accordance with this article, who withhold amounts from payment based on the latest information supplied by the Department of Child Support Services pursuant to Section 13550, and who make disbursements in good faith and in accordance with Section 13550 shall be in compliance with this section and any applicable fair claim settlement act, and shall be immune from any liability to the claimant or other interested party arising from the payment.
13551. Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer or insurance company, its directors, agents, and employees, an insured individual on whose behalf the company makes a payment, and a central reporting organization and its respective employees and agents authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf who release information in accordance with this article, who withhold amounts from payment based on the latest information supplied by the Department of Child Support Services pursuant to Section 13550, and who make disbursements in good faith and in accordance with Section 13550 shall be in compliance with this section and any applicable fair claim settlement act, and shall be immune from any liability to the claimant or other interested party arising from the payment.
13552. (a) Data obtained pursuant to this article shall only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support. If the Department of Child Support Services does not find a match in the data obtained pursuant to this article with a child support obligor, the Department of Child Support Services shall not maintain that data and shall immediately destroy that data.(b) An insurer that provides, attempts to provide, or in any way accesses data pursuant to this article shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws for the protection of the privacy and the security of that data, including, but not limited to, the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act (Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 791) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1), the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(c) The Department of Child Support Services shall consider any information received from an insurer as confidential. That information shall be used or disclosed only for the purpose of collecting past-due child support.(d) Information provided by the Department of Child Support Services to an insurer, or its designated agent, for the purpose of conducting a data match shall not be used by the insurer or its agent for any other purpose, and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent necessary to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support. The insurer or its agent shall destroy or erase all information provided to the insurer after completion of matching and reporting. This subdivision does not apply to information contained in a child support lien or an income-withholding order received from the Department of Child Support Services after the insurer has matched and reported a claimant.
13552. (a) Data obtained pursuant to this article shall only be used for the purpose of matching claimants with obligors who owe past-due child support. If the Department of Child Support Services does not find a match in the data obtained pursuant to this article with a child support obligor, the Department of Child Support Services shall not maintain that data and shall immediately destroy that data.
(b) An insurer that provides, attempts to provide, or in any way accesses data pursuant to this article shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws for the protection of the privacy and the security of that data, including, but not limited to, the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act (Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 791) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1), the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).
(c) The Department of Child Support Services shall consider any information received from an insurer as confidential. That information shall be used or disclosed only for the purpose of collecting past-due child support.
(d) Information provided by the Department of Child Support Services to an insurer, or its designated agent, for the purpose of conducting a data match shall not be used by the insurer or its agent for any other purpose, and shall not be disclosed to any person except to the extent necessary to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support. The insurer or its agent shall destroy or erase all information provided to the insurer after completion of matching and reporting. This subdivision does not apply to information contained in a child support lien or an income-withholding order received from the Department of Child Support Services after the insurer has matched and reported a claimant.
13553. (a) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support through the use of a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups. central reporting organization. If an insurer does not use a third-party service central reporting organization to automate the process, the insurer shall determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim.(b) For claims involving periodic payments after the insurer has determined that benefits will be paid, the insurer shall only determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before the initial payment and every 12 months thereafter.
13553. (a) An insurer may satisfy its obligation to match and report a claimant who owes past-due child support through the use of a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups. central reporting organization. If an insurer does not use a third-party service central reporting organization to automate the process, the insurer shall determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before paying a claim.
(b) For claims involving periodic payments after the insurer has determined that benefits will be paid, the insurer shall only determine if the claimant owes past-due child support before the initial payment and every 12 months thereafter.
13554. For the purposes of this article, central reporting organization means a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups.
13554. For the purposes of this article, central reporting organization means a third-party service that automates the claims matching process or provides interactive lookups.
13554. 13555. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
13554. 13555. This article shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 13552 to the Insurance Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:In order to protect the privacy of insurance claimants and persons owed past-due support, it is necessary that the data obtained by the Department of Child Support Services from insurers pursuant to this act be kept confidential.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 13552 to the Insurance Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:In order to protect the privacy of insurance claimants and persons owed past-due support, it is necessary that the data obtained by the Department of Child Support Services from insurers pursuant to this act be kept confidential.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 13552 to the Insurance Code, imposes a limitation on the publics right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:
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In order to protect the privacy of insurance claimants and persons owed past-due support, it is necessary that the data obtained by the Department of Child Support Services from insurers pursuant to this act be kept confidential.