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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 359

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 359  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

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

29        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
30    becoming law.".

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