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SB359 Enrolled                                 LRB9103363JSpc

 1        AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
 2    by adding Section 56.3.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois  is
 6    amended by adding Section 56.3 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 1405/56.3 new)
 8        Sec. 56.3.  Insurance Fraud Task Force.
 9        (a)  The Insurance Fraud Task Force is hereby established
10    and shall consist of the following:
11             (1)  The   Director  of  Insurance  or  his  or  her
12        designee.
13             (2)  The Director of State  Police  or  his  or  her
14        designee.
15             (3)  The Attorney General or his or her designee.
16             (4)  Nine  representatives appointed by the Governor
17        by September 1, 1999 as follows:
18                  (A)  One representative of a  county  sheriff's
19             department.
20                  (B)  One  representative  of  a  United  States
21             criminal investigative department or agency.
22                  (C)  One   representative   of   a  prosecuting
23             authority of a  city,  a  village,  an  incorporated
24             town, a county, or this State.
25                  (D)  Two insurance consumers.
26                  (E)  Four  persons  at  the  discretion  of the
27             Governor.
28             (5)  Seven representatives of insurers appointed  by
29        the   Director   of   Insurance  by  September  1,  1999,
30        representing large, medium, and small property, casualty,
31        disability, life, and health insurers in this State,  and
 
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 1        one  representative  of a health maintenance organization
 2        appointed by the Director of Insurance  by  September  1,
 3        1999.
 4        (b)  The  Insurance  Fraud Task Force shall do all of the
 5    following:
 6             (1)  Investigate the issue  of  organized  insurance
 7        fraud and methods to combat organized insurance fraud.
 8             (2)  Examine  ways  to  unite  the  resources of the
 9        insurance industry with  the  appropriate  components  of
10        federal  and  State  criminal  justice  systems  so  that
11        organized  insurance  fraud  schemes  are  identified and
12        thoroughly  investigated   and   the   perpetrators   are
13        prosecuted in the best interests of justice.
14             (3)    Examine  the  concept  of  creating a private
15        agency to assist in combating organized  insurance  fraud
16        and  all  ways  to  fund  the  agency,  including current
17        funding of  insurance  mechanisms  related  to  insurance
18        crimes.
19             (4)  Report to the Governor and the General Assembly
20        no   later   than  July  1,  2000  on  its  findings  and
21        recommendations.
22        (c)  This Section is repealed on July 1, 2000.

23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
24    becoming law.

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