BILL NUMBER: AB 2264	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Knight and Senator Runner

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 1873 of the Insurance Code, relating to
insurance information.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2264, as introduced, Knight. Insurance fraud: release of
information: other unlawful activity.
   Existing law requires an insurer, or agent authorized by that
insurer to act on behalf of the insurer, upon written request, to
release to a requesting officer of an authorized governmental agency,
as defined, any or all relevant information deemed important to the
authorized governmental agency that the insurer may possess relating
to any specific insurance fraud.
   This bill would also require the insurer, or agent authorized by
that insurer to act on behalf of the insurer, to release to the
authorized governmental agency any or all relevant information deemed
important to the authorized governmental agency that the insurer may
possess relating to any other unlawful activity uncovered in the
course of an insurance fraud investigation, including, but not
limited to, information about an illegal activity not related to
insurance fraud.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1873 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:
   1873.  (a) Upon written request to an insurer by officers
designated in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 830.1 and
subdivision (a) of Section 830.2, and subdivisions (a), (c), and (i)
of Section 830.3 of the Penal Code, an insurer, or agent authorized
by that insurer to act on behalf of the insurer, shall release to the
requesting authorized governmental agency any or all relevant
information deemed important to the authorized governmental agency
that the insurer may possess relating to any specific insurance fraud
 or any other unlawful activity uncovered in the course of an
insurance fraud investigation  . Relevant information may
include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Insurance policy information relevant to the insurance fraud
under investigation, including, but not limited to, any application
for a policy.
   (2) Policy premium payment records  which  
that  are available.
   (3) History of previous claims made by the insured.
   (4) Information relating to the investigation of the insurance
fraud, including statements of any person, proof of loss, and notice
of loss.
   (5) Complete copies of both sides of payment drafts. 
   (6) Information about an illegal activity not related to insurance
fraud that is uncovered when investigating an allegation of
insurance fraud. 
   (b) The provisions of subdivision (a) shall not operate to
authorize disclosure of medical information not otherwise authorized
for disclosure pursuant to law.