HBA-TYH H.B. 622 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 622
By: Dukes
Insurance
2/8/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Insurance fraud is expensive for insurance companies, consumers, and the
business community. H.B. 622 facilitates the detection of insurance fraud
by allowing insurance companies to share data within the industry regarding
their investigations of insurance fraud. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 6(a), Article 1.10D, Insurance Code, by
including a special investigation unit of an insurer or an employee of an
insurer who is responsible for the investigation of suspected fraudulent
insurance acts in a list of entities to which a person may provide reports
and information so as to be exempt from liability based on filing reports
or furnishing other information concerning suspected, anticipated, or
completed fraudulent insurance. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.