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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 130
BY REPRESENTATIVE BEAULLIEU
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:398(I)(1) and (a)(iii), relative to motor vehicle crash reports;
3 to provide relative to the definition of an insurance support organization; to exempt
4 healthcare providers from certain confidentiality requirements applicable to public
5 records; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:398(I)(1) and (a)(iii) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
8 as follows:
9 ยง398. Crash reports; when and to whom made; information aid; fees for copies; fees
10 for crash photographs and videos
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12 I.(1) The reports required by this Section, and the information contained in
13 the reports, shall be confidential, shall be exempt from the provisions of R.S. 44:1
14 et seq., and shall be made available only to the parties to the crash, parents or
15 guardians of a minor who is a party to the crash, and insurers, or an insurance
16 support organization under contract to provide claims and underwriting, of any party
17 which is the subject of the report; to any healthcare provider, or their agent, that
18 rendered healthcare services to any party which is the subject of the report; to the
19 succession representatives of those parties or the attorneys of the parties or
20 succession representatives; or to a news-gathering organization that requests
21 documents related to a specific crash. Upon request, crash reports shall be made
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1 available to the above-enumerated persons within seven working days following the
2 completion of the crash investigation.
3 (a) For the purposes of this Subsection, "insurance support organization"
4 means any of the following:
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6 (iii) Agents, governmental institutions, and insurance institutions, medical-
7 care institutions, and medical professionals shall not be considered an "insurance
8 support organizations organization".
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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