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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 569
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUNTER
INSURANCE CLAIMS: Clarifies terms relative to duties to report insurance fraud
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1926(A), relative to insurance fraud; to clarify terms relative2
to insurance fraud; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 22:1926(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
ยง1926. Duties of companies and others6
A. Any person, company, or other legal entity including but not limited to7
those engaged in the business of insurance, including agents, brokers, and adjusters,8
which believes suspects that a fraudulent claim insurance act will be, is being, or has9
been committed is being made, shall, within sixty days of the receipt of such notice,10
send to the section of insurance fraud, on a form prescribed by the section, the11
information requested and such additional information relative to the claim insurance12
act and the parties claiming loss or damages because of an occurrence or accident as13
the section may require. The section of insurance fraud shall review such reports and14
select such claims insurance acts as, in its judgment, may require further15
investigation. It shall then cause an independent examination of the facts16
surrounding such claim insurance act to be made to determine the extent, if any, to17
which fraud, deceit, or intentional misrepresentation of any kind exists in the18
submission of the claim insurance act.19
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hunter HB No. 569
Abstract: Clarifies terms relative to insurance fraud.
Present law provides that any person, company, or other legal entity which believes that a
fraudulent claim is being made, shall report it to the insurance fraud section of the Dept. of
Insurance within 60 days on a form prescribed by the section. The insurance fraud section
will review the report and determine whether fraud has been committed.
Proposed law changes and broadens the relevant terminology from a "fraudulent claim" that
is being made to a "fraudulent act" that will be, is being, or has been committed.
Provides that any person, company, or legal entity that suspects that a fraudulent act, not
only a claim, will be, is being, or has been committed shall report such suspicion to the
insurance fraud section.
(Amends R.S. 22:1926(A))