|
Sen. Linda Holmes
Filed: 4/29/2021
| | 10200SB1672sam004 | | LRB102 04698 BMS 25994 a |
|
|
| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1672
|
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1672, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
| 4 | | following:
|
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
| 6 | | adding Section 143.10d as follows:
|
| 7 | | (215 ILCS 5/143.10d new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 143.10d. Claim information for a dog-related |
| 9 | | incident. |
| 10 | | (a) An insurance company offering homeowner's insurance |
| 11 | | coverage or renter's insurance coverage that issues a policy |
| 12 | | or contract insuring against liability for injury to a person |
| 13 | | or injury to or destruction of property arising out of the |
| 14 | | ownership, lease, or rental of residential property shall, to |
| 15 | | the best of their ability, for any claim involving a |
| 16 | | dog-related incident, record circumstances relating to the |
|
| | 10200SB1672sam004 | - 2 - | LRB102 04698 BMS 25994 a |
|
|
| 1 | | incident, including, but not limited to: |
| 2 | | (1) the breed of dog, and, if the breed was made by |
| 3 | | visual identification, who made the identification: the |
| 4 | | adjuster, the owner, or the insured; |
| 5 | | (2) where the owner or insured obtained the dog from: |
| 6 | | a pet store, a breeder, an animal shelter or rescue, a |
| 7 | | friend or acquaintance, or found the dog as a stray; |
| 8 | | (3) the sex of the dog and whether the dog was spayed |
| 9 | | or neutered; |
| 10 | | (4) whether the person injured by the dog was observed |
| 11 | | engaging in teasing, tormenting, battering, assaulting, |
| 12 | | injuring, or otherwise provoking the dog; |
| 13 | | (5) the type of injury sustained by the victim, such |
| 14 | | as a bite or fall; |
| 15 | | (6) whether the incident occurred on the insured's |
| 16 | | property or another location; and |
| 17 | | (7) any obedience training or previous claims or past |
| 18 | | complaints against the dog. |
| 19 | | (b) This information shall be collected for a 2-year |
| 20 | | period beginning on January 1, 2022 and shall be reported |
| 21 | | annually to the Department. The Department shall make the |
| 22 | | information available on the Department's website by July 1, |
| 23 | | 2023 and shall update the information each July 1 through July |
| 24 | | 1, 2024. The information or data collected by the Department |
| 25 | | shall not be released or published in any way that violates the |
| 26 | | confidentiality or proprietary status or nature of the data.".
|