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HB 139 Insurance fraud within DSP; abolishes sunset provisions.

Introduced by: Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Insurance fraud; delegation of related duties to the Department of State Police. Eliminates the sunset provision on the act that created an Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit within the Department of State Police’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation to initiate independent inquiries and conduct independent investigations into fraudulent acts involving property and casualty insurance transactions. The act provides that such activity will be funded by premium assessments on all property and casualty insurance companies writing policies in the Commonwealth.

The provisions of this bill became effective on January 1, 1999, and are scheduled to expire on January 1, 2003.


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