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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 247
BY SENATOR MORRISH
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. Provides with respect to insurance fraud. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 22:1923(2)(k),(l), and (m), relative to insurance fraud; to provide with respect2
to definitions of fraudulent acts; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 22:1923(2)(k),(l), and (m) are hereby enacted to read as follows: 5
ยง1923. Definitions6
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated7
in this Section:8
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(2) "Fraudulent insurance act" shall include but not be limited to acts or10
omissions committed by any person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud:11
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(k) Impersonates an insurance company, or a representative of an13
insurance company, without the authorization or consent of the insurance14
company for the purpose of executing a scheme or artifice to defraud an15
insurance company.16
(l) Impersonates another person or entity, whether real or fictitious, and17 SB NO. 247
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purports himself to have the authority to direct healthcare treatment for the1
purpose of executing a scheme or artifice to defraud an insurance company.2
(m) Receives money or any other thing of value from any person, firm,3
or entity as a means of compensation for the acts of solicitation or criminal4
conspiracy done for the purpose of executing a scheme or artifice to defraud an5
insurance company.6
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cheryl Horne.
DIGEST
Morrish (SB 247)
Present law defines "fraudulent insurance acts" to include various acts or omissions
committed by a person with intent to defraud an insurance company.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the following acts to those constituting insurance
fraud:
(1)Impersonating an insurance company, or a representative of an insurance company,
without the authorization or consent of the insurance company for the purpose of
executing a scheme or artifice to defraud an insurance company.
(2) Impersonating another person or entity, whether real or fictitious, and purporting to
have the authority to direct healthcare treatment for the purpose of executing a
scheme or artifice to defraud an insurance company as fraudulent acts.
(3) Receiving money or any other thing of value from any person, firm, or entity as a
means of compensation for the acts of solicitation or criminal conspiracy done for
the purpose of executing a scheme or artifice to defraud an insurance company.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 22:1923(2)(k), (l), and (m))