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| 1 | 1 | By: Carona S.B. No. 411 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Eiland) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to insurers' duty to provide information in a fraud | |
| 8 | 8 | investigation. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 701.108, Insurance Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 701.108. INSURER'S DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) On the written request of an authorized governmental agency, | |
| 14 | 14 | an insurer shall provide to the agency any relevant information or | |
| 15 | 15 | material relating to a matter under investigation. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) An insurer must respond to a request under Subsection | |
| 17 | 17 | (a) from the department not later than the 15th day after the date | |
| 18 | 18 | the request is received. On written request of the insurer, the | |
| 19 | 19 | department shall extend the period 10 days. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. Section 701.108, Insurance Code, as amended by | |
| 21 | 21 | this Act, applies only to a request by the Texas Department of | |
| 22 | 22 | Insurance made on or after the effective date of this Act. A | |
| 23 | 23 | request made before the effective date of this Act is governed by | |
| 24 | 24 | the law in effect when the request was made, and the former law is | |
| 25 | 25 | continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |