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HB 130 Original 2022 Regular Session Beaullieu
Abstract: Requires motor vehicle accident reports be made available to healthcare providers or
their agents who provided healthcare services to a party that is a subject of the report.
Present law requires the investigating law enforcement officer of a crash to forward a written report
of the accident to the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C) within 48 hours after
completing the investigation. Present law requires the investigating officer forward a written copy
of the report to the police department of the city or town and duplicate a report for the DPS&C
within 48 hours if the accident occurred within the corporate limits of a city or a town.
Present law requires the information contained in reports be confidential and made available only
to parties to the crash, parents or guardians of a minor who is a party to the crash, and insurers, or
an insurance support organization under contract to provide claims and underwriting, of any party
which is the subject of the report. Additionally, specifies that the succession representatives of the
parties to the crash, the attorneys of the parties or succession representatives, or a news-gathering
organization that requests documents related to a specific crash may receive the crash report.
Proposed law modifies present law by including any healthcare provider, or their agent, that rendered
healthcare services to any party which is the subject of the crash as a party to receive the report.
Present law defines "insurance support organizations" as any person who regularly engages in the
practice of collecting information about a natural person for the purpose of providing the information
to an insurance company or preventing fraud in connection with insurance underwriting or claim
activity.
Present law prohibits agents, governmental institutions, insurance institutions, medical-care
institutions, and medical professionals from being considered "insurance support organizations".
Proposed law modifies present law by deleting medical-care institutions and medical professionals
from the list of prohibited institutions and professionals that are not considered an "insurance support
organization".
(Amends R.S. 32:398(I)(1) and (a)(iii))