Bob Blumenfield
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides for the regulation of disability insurers by the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law requires a disability insurer or other entity liable for any loss due to health insurance fraud doing business in California to pay an annual fee that does not exceed $0.10 per year for each insured in order to fund increased investigation and prosecution of fraudulent disability insurance claims. Existing law requires that 50% of those funds be distributed to the Fraud Division of the Department of Insurance for enhanced investigative efforts and that the other 50% be distributed to local district attorneys for the investigation and prosecution of disability insurance fraud cases, as specified. This bill would authorize the commissioner to increase the fee to no more than $0.20 per year for each insured and would require that 30% of those funds go to the Fraud Division of the department and that 70% go to the local district attorneys. The bill would require the commissioner to adopt regulations to implement these provisions. The bill would authorize an insurer to recoup this fee by way of a surcharge on premiums or by including the fee within the insurer's rates, as specified.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 444, Statutes of 2012.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 6. Page 6313.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4697.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 6).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 5054.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 25).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
Read first time. To print.
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| AB2138 | HTML |
| 02/23/12 - Introduced | |
| 06/18/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/12 - Enrolled | |
| 09/22/12 - Chaptered |
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