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HB0010 • 2011

Insurance fraud prevention.

AN ACT relating to insurance; providing for reporting of unfair trade practices and insurance fraud; providing immunity from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance fraud and unfair trade practices; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Corporations
Last action
2011-01-18
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0010HS001

Standing Committee • H07

Filed

Plain English: Filed Standing Committee by H07

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Bill History

  1. 2011-01-18 House

    H Placed on General File; Did Not Consider in CoW

  2. 2011-01-18 House

    H07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  3. 2011-01-11 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07

  4. 2011-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2010-11-22 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT
2011
STATE OF
WYOMING
11LSO-0192

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0010

Insurance fraud prevention.

Sponsored by:
Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to insurance; providing for reporting of unfair trade practices and insurance fraud; providing immunity from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance fraud and unfair trade practices; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 26
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2
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131 by creating new subsections (d) and (e) is amended to read:

26
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2
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131.

Immunity from liability.

(d)

Any person or agency who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that
any insurance company, broker or agent has violated any consumer protections as provided by title 26, chapter 13 of Wyoming statutes
or insurance fraud is being committed may report the information immediately to a law enforcement agency and the commissioner. Anyone who in good faith makes a report pursuant to this subsection is immune from civil liability for making the report.

(e)

Any person or agency who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that insurance fraud
or violation of title 26, chapter 13 of Wyoming statutes
has been committed is immune from civil liability for furnishing any information relating to the suspected fraud
or violation
to law enforcement agencies.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

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