HB0040 • 2015

Insurance adjusters-portable electronic devices.

AN ACT relating to insurance; providing a licensure exception for persons collecting or distributing insurance claim information as specified; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

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Sponsor: Corporations
Last action: 2015-02-25
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2015

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HB0040SS001

Standing Committee • SCorporations

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by SCorporations

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Bill History

2015-02-25 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2015-02-25 Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0012
2015-02-20 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0012
2015-02-20 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0012
2015-02-17 LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0012
2015-02-17 House
H Concur:Passed 59-0-1-0-0
2015-02-12 House
H Received for Concurrence
2015-02-12 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0
2015-02-11 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-02-10 Senate
S COW:Passed
2015-02-10 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2015-02-10 Senate
S Placed on General File
2015-02-10 Senate
Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2015-02-04 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
2015-01-19 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2015-01-19 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 60-0-0-0-0
2015-01-16 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2015-01-15 House
H COW:Passed
2015-01-14 House
H Placed on General File
2015-01-14 House
Corporations:Recommend Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2015-01-13 House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations
2015-01-13 House
H Received for Introduction
2015-01-02 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0040
Effective

Date:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0108

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 12

Chapter No.:
15

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Insurance adjusters-portable electronic devices.

Subject:
Portable electronic device insurance claims-unlicensed adjusters.

Summ
ary/Major Elements:

Prior law required that all insurance claim adjusters be licensed.

The requirement included adjusters working with small claims related to portable electronic devices, such as cellular telephones.

This legislation a
llows an unlicensed insurance
adjuster
to adjust portable electronic device insurance claims when the
adjuster
is supervised by a licensed
adjuster
who supervises no more than 25 unlicensed
individuals
.

The legisl
ation provides a definition of “
portable el
ectronic device insurance claim”

as follows: “
portable electronic device insurance claim means a claim filed by an insured or claimant to receive benefits under a portable electronic device insurance contract for an electronic device and its accessories that are portable in nature and which must be easily carried or conveyed by hand.
”
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0040

ENROLLED ACT NO.

12
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to insurance; providing a licensure exception for persons collecting or distributing insurance claim information as specified; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S. 26
‑
9
‑
219
by creating new
subsections
(f)
and (g)
is
amended to read:

26
‑
9
‑
219
.

Adjuster
'
s license; exception; notification.

(f)

This section shall not apply to an individual who:

(i)

Collects claim information from, or
furnishes
claim information to, insureds or claimants for portable electronic
device

insurance
claims;

(ii)

Conducts
portable electronic device insurance claim
data entry, including entering data into an automated claims adjudication system; and

(iii)

Is supervised by a licensed adjuster, or licensed agent who is exempt from licensure
as an adjuster
pursuant to W.S. 26
‑
1
‑
102(
a)(i)
. The agent or adjuster shall not supervise
more than twenty
‑
five (25) persons who are exempted under this subsection.

(g)

For purposes of
subsection (f) of this section:

(i)

"
A
utomated claims adjudication system
"
means a preprogrammed computer system
which is
designed for the collection, data entry, calculation and
initial
resolution of portable electronic
device
insurance claims
;

(ii)

"
Portable electron
ic device insurance claim
"
mean
s a claim filed by an insured or claimant to receive benefits under a portable electronic device insurance contract for an electronic device and its accessories that are portable in nature and which must be easily carried or conveyed by hand.

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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