0001|                            HOUSE BILL 942
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                             MIMI STEWART
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0008| FOR THE COURTS, CORRECTIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
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0009|                              
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO INSURANCE; ENACTING THE INSURANCE FRAUD ACT;
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0012|     CREATING AN INSURANCE FRAUD BUREAU WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
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0013|     INSURANCE; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; REPEALING AND ENACTING
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0014|     SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978. 
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0015|     
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
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0018|     is enacted to read:
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0019|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as
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0020|     the "Insurance Fraud Act"."
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0021|          Section 2.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
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0022|     is enacted to read:
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0023|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  FINDINGS--PURPOSE.--
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0024|               A.  The legislature finds that insurance fraud is
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0025|     pervasive and expensive, and has the potential for increasing
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0001|     premium rates, placing businesses at risk, reducing the ability
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0002|     of consumers to raise their standard of living and decreasing
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0003|     the economic vitality of this state.  Therefore, the
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0004|     legislature believes that the state must aggressively confront
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0005|     the problem of insurance fraud.  
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0006|               B.  The purpose of the Insurance Fraud Act is to
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0007|     permit the full utilization of the expertise of the
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0008|     superintendent of insurance to investigate and detect insurance
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0009|     fraud more effectively, to halt insurance fraud and to assist
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0010|     and receive assistance from state, local and federal law
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0011|     enforcement and regulatory agencies in enforcing prohibitions
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0012|     against the commission of insurance fraud." 
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0013|          Section 3.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
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0014|     is enacted to read:
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0015|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Insurance
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0016|     Fraud Act:
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0017|               A.  "bureau" means the insurance fraud bureau; 
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0018|               B.  "fund" means the insurance fraud fund; 
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0019|               C.  "insurance fraud" means any act or practice in
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0020|     connection with an insurance transaction that constitutes a
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0021|     crime under the Criminal Code or the Insurance Code; and
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0022|               D.  "insurance transaction" means any act or
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0023|     practice relating to insurance and includes complying with the
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0024|     Insurance Code or any rule or regulation adopted under its
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0025|     authority."
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0001|          Section 4.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
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0002|     is enacted to read:
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0003|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  INSURANCE FRAUD BUREAU--CREATION.--
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0004|     There is created within the department of insurance an
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0005|     "insurance fraud bureau".  The purpose of the bureau includes
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0006|     investigating suspected insurance fraud.  The superintendent
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0007|     shall appoint the full-time supervisory and investigative
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0008|     personnel of the bureau, who shall be qualified by training and
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0009|     experience to perform the duties of their positions.  The
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0010|     superintendent shall also appoint clerical and other staff
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0011|     necessary for the bureau to carry out its duties and
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0012|     responsibilities under the Insurance Fraud Act." 
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0013|          Section 5.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
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0014|     is enacted to read:
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0015|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  INSURANCE FRAUD BUREAU--DUTIES.--The
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0016|     bureau shall:
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0017|               A.  initiate inquiries and conduct investigations
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0018|     when the bureau has reason to believe that insurance fraud may
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0019|     have been or is being committed;
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0020|               B.  respond to notifications or complaints of
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0021|     suspected insurance fraud generated by state and local police,
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0022|     other law enforcement authorities and governmental units,
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0023|     including the federal government and any other person; 
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0024|               C.  review notices and reports of insurance fraud
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0025|     submitted by authorized insurers, their employees, agents or
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0001|     producers and select those incidents of alleged fraud that, in
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0002|     its judgment, require further investigation and conduct the
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0003|     investigation;
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0004|               D.  conduct independent investigations and
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0005|     examinations of insurance transactions and alleged insurance
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0006|     fraud, conduct studies to determine the extent of insurance
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0007|     fraud, deceit or intentional misrepresentation of any kind in
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0008|     the insurance process and publish information and reports on
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0009|     its examinations and studies; 
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0010|               E.  report incidents of alleged insurance fraud
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0011|     supported by its investigations and examinations to the
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0012|     appropriate district attorney and any other appropriate law
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0013|     enforcement, administrative, regulatory or licensing agency and
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0014|     assemble evidence, prepare charges and otherwise assist any
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0015|     prosecutorial authority having jurisdiction over insurance
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0016|     fraud enforcement; 
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0017|               F.  assist any official or agency of this state, any
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0018|     other state or the federal government that requests assistance
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0019|     in investigating insurance fraud;
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0020|               G.  maintain records and information in order to
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0021|     produce an annual report of its activities as may be prescribed
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0022|     by the superintendent; and 
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0023|               H.  conduct, in cooperation with the attorney
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0024|     general and the department of public safety, public outreach
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0025|     and awareness programs on the costs of insurance fraud to the
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0001|     public and how members of the public can assist themselves, the
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0002|     bureau and law enforcement officials in preventing and
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0003|     prosecuting insurance fraud."
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0004|          Section 6.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
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0005|     is enacted to read:
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0006|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  NOTICE AND COOPERATION REQUIRED--
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0007|     TOLLING PERIOD.--
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0008|               A.  Every insurer or licensed insurance professional
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0009|     that has a reasonable belief that an act of insurance fraud
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0010|     will be, is being or has been committed shall furnish and
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0011|     disclose knowledge and information about it to the bureau and
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0012|     shall cooperate fully with any investigation conducted by the
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0013|     bureau.  Failure to comply with this subsection shall
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0014|     constitute grounds for the superintendent to impose an
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0015|     administrative penalty pursuant to Section 59A-1-18 NMSA 1978
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0016|     in addition to any applicable suspension, revocation or denial
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0017|     of a license or certificate of authority.
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0018|               B.  Any person that has a reasonable belief that an
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0019|     act of insurance fraud will be, is being or has been committed,
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0020|     or any person that collects, reviews or analyzes information
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0021|     concerning insurance fraud, may furnish and disclose any
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0022|     information in its possession concerning the insurance fraud to
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0023|     the bureau or to an authorized representative of an insurer
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0024|     that requests the information for the purpose of detecting,
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0025|     prosecuting or preventing insurance fraud.
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0001|                C.  If an insurer has a reasonable belief or
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0002|     probable cause to believe that an insurance fraud has been
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0003|     committed, and has properly notified the bureau of its
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0004|     suspicion, that notification shall toll any applicable time
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0005|     period in any unfair claims proceeding based on the alleged
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0006|     fraud until thirty days after determination by the bureau and
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0007|     notice to the insurer that the bureau will not recommend action
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0008|     on the claim.
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0009|               D.  The bureau, in cooperation with insurers or
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0010|     others, may establish a voluntary fund to reward persons not
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0011|     connected with the insurance industry that provide information
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0012|     or furnish evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of
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0013|     persons responsible for insurance fraud."
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0014|          Section 7.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
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0015|     is enacted to read:
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0016|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY--PRIVATE
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0017|     INSURANCE FRAUD REPORTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.--
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0018|               A.  The provisions of Section 59A-4-21 NMSA 1978
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0019|     regarding immunity from civil liability for enforcement actions
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0020|     performed in good faith by the superintendent, his authorized
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0021|     representatives and examiners shall apply to the Insurance
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0022|     Fraud Act.
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0023|               B.  A person acting without malice, fraudulent
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0024|     intent or bad faith shall not be subject to liability by virtue
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0025|     of reporting or furnishing, orally or in writing, information
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0001|     concerning suspected, anticipated or completed insurance fraud
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0002|     acts when the report or information is provided to:
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0003|                    (1)  the insurance department, the bureau or
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0004|     law enforcement agencies, their officials, agents or employees;
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0005|     or
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0006|                    (2)  the national association of insurance
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0007|     commissioners, a federal or state governmental agency or office
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0008|     established to detect and prevent insurance fraud or any other
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0009|     organization established for the same purpose, and their
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0010|     agents, employees or designees.
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0011|               C.  A person identified in Subsection B of this
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0012|     section or any of the person's officers, employees or agents
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0013|     when performing their authorized activities, including the
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0014|     publication or dissemination of any related bulletin or
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0015|     reports, without malice, fraudulent intent or bad faith shall
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0016|     not be subject to civil liability for libel, slander or any
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0017|     other relevant tort, and no civil cause of action of any nature
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0018|     shall exist against such persons.
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0019|               D.  This section shall not abrogate or modify in any
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0020|     way any privilege or immunity recognized by common law or
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0021|     statute.
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0022|               E.  The court shall award attorney fees and costs to
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0023|     any person identified in Subsection B of this section or any of
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0024|     that person's officers, employees or agents that is a
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0025|     prevailing party in a civil cause of action against them for
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0001|     libel, slander or any other relevant tort arising out of
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0002|     conduct pursuant to the Insurance Fraud Act, provided the party
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0003|     bringing the action was not substantially justified in bringing
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0004|     such action.  For the purposes of this subsection,
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0005|     "substantially justified" means having a reasonable basis in
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0006|     law or fact at the time a proceeding was initiated.
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0007|               F.  The relief provided in this section is in
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0008|     addition to remedies otherwise available against the same
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0009|     conduct under the common law or other laws of this state."
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0010|          Section 8.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
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0011|     is enacted to read:
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0012|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  WARNING REQUIRED.--Within six months of
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0013|     the effective date of the Insurance Fraud Act, all claims forms
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0014|     and applications for insurance shall contain a statement,
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0015|     permanently affixed to the application or claim form, which
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0016|     states substantially as follows: 
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0017|          "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY PRESENTS A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT
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0018|     CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF A LOSS OR BENEFIT OR KNOWINGLY PRESENTS
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0019|     FALSE INFORMATION IN AN APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE IS GUILTY OF
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0020|     A CRIME AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL FINES AND CRIMINAL
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0021|     PENALTIES."
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0022|     The failure to include that statement shall not constitute a
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0023|     defense against prosecution for commission of insurance fraud."
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0024|          Section 9.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code
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0025|     is enacted to read:
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0001|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  REPORT OF CONVICTION.--If any person
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0002|     licensed by any agency of any state or the federal government,
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0003|     or holding credentials from any professional organization, is
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0004|     convicted of insurance fraud in this state, the bureau shall
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0005|     notify the appropriate licensing or credentialing authority of
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0006|     the judgment for appropriate disciplinary action." 
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0007|          Section 10.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance
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0008|     Code is enacted to read:
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0009|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  INSURER ANTI-FRAUD INITIATIVES--SPECIAL
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0010|     INVESTIGATIVE UNITS.--
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0011|               A.  Within six months of the effective date of the
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0012|     Insurance Fraud Act, and by July 1 of each succeeding year,
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0013|     every insurer who in the previous calendar year reported ten
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0014|     million dollars ($10,000,000) or more in direct written
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0015|     premiums in New Mexico shall establish, prepare, implement and
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0016|     submit to the superintendent an anti-fraud plan that is
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0017|     reasonably calculated to detect, prosecute and prevent
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0018|     insurance fraud.  Any subsequent amendments to the plan shall
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0019|     be submitted to the superintendent at the time they are
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0020|     adopted.
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0021|               B.  Each insurer's anti-fraud plan shall outline, at
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0022|     a minimum, specific procedures, appropriate to the type of
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0023|     insurance the insurer writes in this state, to:
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0024|                    (1)  prevent, detect and investigate all forms
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0025|     of insurance fraud;  
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0001|                    (2)  educate appropriate employees on fraud
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0002|     detection and the insurer's anti-fraud plan;
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0003|                    (3)  provide for the hiring or contracting of
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0004|     fraud investigators;
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0005|                    (4)  report insurance fraud to appropriate law
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0006|     enforcement and regulatory authorities; and 
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0007|                    (5)  pursue restitution for financial loss
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0008|     caused by insurance fraud, where appropriate.
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0009|               C.  The superintendent may review each insurer's
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0010|     anti-fraud plan to determine if it adequately complies with the
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0011|     requirements of this section.  The superintendent may examine
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0012|     the insurer to assure its compliance with anti-fraud plans
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0013|     submitted to the superintendent.  The superintendent may
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0014|     require reasonable modifications to the insurer's anti-fraud
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0015|     plan, or may require other reasonable remedial action if the
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0016|     review or examination reveals substantial noncompliance with
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0017|     the plan.
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0018|               D.  The superintendent may require each insurer to
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0019|     file a summary of the insurer's anti-fraud activities and
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0020|     results.  Anti-fraud plans and summaries submitted to the
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0021|     superintendent shall be privileged and confidential, shall not
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0022|     be a public record and shall not be subject to discovery or
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0023|     subpoena in any civil or criminal action; provided, however,
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0024|     that the superintendent or the bureau may make summaries of
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0025|     aggregate data available to the public.  
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0001|               E.  This section confers no private right of
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0002|     action."
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0003|          Section 11.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance
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0004|     Code is enacted to read:
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0005|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  INSURANCE FRAUD BUREAU--INVESTIGATORS.-
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0006|     -The bureau's investigators shall be peace officers pursuant to
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0007|     the provisions of Chapter 29, Article 1 NMSA 1978."
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0008|          Section 12.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance
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0009|     Code is enacted to read:
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0010|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  ATTORNEY GENERAL DUTIES.--When so
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0011|     requested by the superintendent, the attorney general shall
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0012|     assign one or more full-time assistant attorneys general to
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0013|     assist the bureau in carrying out its duties, including
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0014|     providing legal advice and prosecuting offenders.  The actual
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0015|     costs associated with the assignment of assistant attorneys
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0016|     general to the bureau shall be paid out of the fund."
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0017|          Section 13.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance
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0018|     Code is enacted to read:
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0019|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  INSURANCE FRAUD POLICY ADVISORY GROUP.-
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0020|     -The superintendent may create an insurance fraud policy
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0021|     advisory group consisting of representatives of authorized
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0022|     insurers in this state, consumers of insurance products not
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0023|     otherwise connected with the insurance industry and other
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0024|     appropriate persons.  The superintendent shall appoint the
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0025|     members and shall provide by regulation for the creation,
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0001|     membership, governance, duties and termination of any member. 
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0002|     Any advisory group so created shall advise the superintendent
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0003|     with respect to the implementation of and other matters related
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0004|     to the Insurance Fraud Act when so requested by the
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0005|     superintendent." 
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0006|          Section 14.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance
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0007|     Code is enacted to read:
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0008|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  INSURANCE FRAUD FUND CREATED--
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0009|     APPROPRIATION.-- 
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0010|               A.  There is hereby created an "insurance fraud
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0011|     fund" in the state treasury.  All fees collected under the
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0012|     provisions of the Insurance Fraud Act shall be deposited in the
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0013|     fund and are appropriated to the superintendent for use in
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0014|     paying the expenses of the bureau and the personnel costs of
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0015|     the attorney general and other agencies providing services to
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0016|     the bureau.  Interest on the fund shall be credited to the
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0017|     fund.  The fund is a continuing, non-reverting fund.
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0018|               B.  To implement the provisions of the Insurance
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0019|     Fraud Act, upon the effective date of the Insurance Fraud Act,
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0020|     and in May of each subsequent year, the superintendent shall
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0021|     assess each authorized insurer an annual fee in accordance with
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0022|     the following schedule or such other similar schedule as the
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0023|     superintendent may adopt in order to adequately fund the
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0024|     operations of the bureau:
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0025|                    (1)  two hundred dollars ($200) for an insurer
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0001|     with reported gross direct written premiums in New Mexico in
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0002|     the preceding calendar year of one million dollars ($1,000,000)
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0003|     or less;
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0004|                    (2)  four hundred dollars ($400) for an insurer
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0005|     with reported gross direct written premiums in New Mexico in
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0006|     the preceding calendar year of two million five hundred
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0007|     thousand dollars ($2,500,000) or less but more than one million
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0008|     dollars ($1,000,000);
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0009|                    (3)  seven hundred dollars ($700) for an
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0010|     insurer with reported gross direct written premiums in New
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0011|     Mexico in the preceding calendar year of five million dollars
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0012|     ($5,000,000) or less but more than two million five hundred
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0013|     thousand dollars ($2,500,000);
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0014|                    (4)  one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500)
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0015|     for an insurer with reported gross direct written premiums in
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0016|     New Mexico in the preceding calendar year of ten million
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0017|     dollars ($10,000,000) or less but more than five million
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0018|     dollars ($5,000,000);
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0019|                    (5)  four thousand dollars ($4,000) for an
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0020|     insurer with reported gross direct written premiums in New
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0021|     Mexico in the preceding calendar year of fifty million dollars
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0022|     ($50,000,000) or less but more than ten million dollars
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0023|     ($10,000,000); and
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0024|                    (6)  seven thousand dollars ($7,000) for an
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0025|     insurer with reported gross direct written premiums in New
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0001|     Mexico in the preceding calendar year of more than fifty
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0002|     million dollars ($50,000,000).
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0003|               C.  In no event shall the aggregate annual
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0004|     assessment exceed one-half of one percent of the preceding
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0005|     annual aggregate gross direct written premiums in New Mexico of
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0006|     all authorized insurers.
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0007|               D.  The fees required by this section are in
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0008|     addition to all other taxes and fees now imposed or that may be
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0009|     subsequently imposed." 
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0010|          Section 16.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance
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0011|     Code is enacted to read: 
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0012|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  APPLICATION OF ACT TO OTHER ACTS.--
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0013|               A.  No authority granted the superintendent under
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0014|     the Insurance Fraud Act shall be construed to abrogate or
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0015|     interfere with the authority of the safety and fraud division
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0016|     of the workers' compensation administration under the Workers'
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0017|     Compensation Act or of the medicaid fraud unit under the
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0018|     Medicaid Fraud Act.           
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0019|               B.  Nothing in the Insurance Fraud Act shall:
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0020|                    (1)  preempt the authority of or relieve the
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0021|     duty of any other law enforcement agencies to investigate and
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0022|     prosecute alleged violations of law;
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0023|                    (2)  prevent or prohibit a person from
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0024|     voluntarily disclosing any information concerning insurance
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0025|     fraud to any law enforcement agency other than the bureau;
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0001|                    (3)  limit any of the powers granted elsewhere
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0002|     by the laws of this state to the superintendent to investigate
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0003|     alleged violations of law and take appropriate action; or
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0004|                    (4)  interfere with the duties and authority of
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0005|     the workers' compensation administration."
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0006|          Section 17.  A new section of the New Mexico Insurance
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0007|     Code is enacted to read:
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0008|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  REGULATIONS.--The superintendent may
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0009|     promulgate regulations deemed necessary or appropriate by the
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0010|     superintendent for the administration of the Insurance Fraud
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0011|     Act."
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0012|          Section 18.  APPROPRIATION.-- 
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0013|               A.  Five hundred sixty thousand dollars ($560,000)
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0014|     is appropriated from the insurance fraud fund to the
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0015|     superintendent of insurance for expenditure in fiscal year 1998
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0016|     for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Insurance
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0017|     Fraud Act.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
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0018|     the end of fiscal year 1998 shall not revert to the general
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0019|     fund.
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0020|               B.  The superintendent of insurance is authorized to
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0021|     employ five additional full-time permanent employees to carry
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0022|     out the purposes of the Insurance Fraud Act; the attorney
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0023|     general is authorized to employ one additional full-time
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0024|     permanent assistant attorney general to carry out the purposes
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0025|     of the Insurance Fraud Act.
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0001|          Section 19.  REPEAL.--Sections 59A-16A-1 through 59A-16A-4
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0002|     NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991, Chapter 86, Sections 1 through 4)
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0003|     are repealed.
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0004|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0005|                      House of Representatives
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0007|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0008|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0011|                                                   March 5, 1997
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0014|   Mr. Speaker:
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0016|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0017|   
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0018|                        HOUSE BILL 942
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0019|   
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0020|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0021|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0022|   
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0023|             1.  On page 13, line 22, after "exceed" strike "one-
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0024|   half" and insert in lieu thereof "five-hundredths".,
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0025|   
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0001|   and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0002|   COMMITTEE.
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0004|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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<u></u>0010| <u>                                </u>                             Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0015|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0019|   The roll call vote was<u> 10 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0020|   Yes:      10
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0021|             Excused:  Mallory, Rios, Sanchez
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0022|             Absent:   None
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0001|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0942                       State of New Mexico
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0002|                      House of Representatives
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0004|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0005|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008|                                                   March 8, 1997
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0011|   Mr. Speaker:
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0013|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0014|   whom has been referred
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0015|   
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0016|                  HOUSE BILL 942, as amended
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0017|                               
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0018|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0019|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0021|        1.   On page 12, line 6, strike "are appropriated" and
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0022|   insert in lieu thereof "subject to appropriation by law".
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0024|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0005|                                                               Max Coll, Chairman
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0008|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0010|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0012|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0014|   The roll call vote was<u> 14 </u> For<u> 1 </u> Against
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0015|   Yes:      14
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0016|             No:       Bird
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0017|             Excused:  Buffett, Wallace
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0018|             Absent:   None
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0022|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0942                     FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0023|                           FIRST SESSION
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0001|                                                       March 14, 1997
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0004|   HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1___ to HOUSE BILL 942, as amended
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0005|   
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0006|   Amendment sponsored by Representative Mimi Stewart
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0009|     1.  On page 11, line 1, before the period insert ", except the
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0010|   bureau's investigators shall not be authorized to carry firearms".
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0011|   
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0012|     2.  On page 13, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following new
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0013|   subsection:
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0014|   
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0015|         "D.  In calculating the gross direct written premiums for an
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0016|   insurer pursuant to the provisions of this section, all gross direct
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0017|   written premiums for workers' compensation insurance shall be excluded
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0018|   from the calculation.".
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0020|     3.  Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.
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0021|   
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0022|     4.  On page 15, line 6, strike "Five hundred sixty thousand
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0023|   dollars ($560,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "Five hundred three
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0024|   thousand four hundred nineteen dollars ($503,419)".
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0001|     5.  On page 15, line 13, strike "five" and insert in lieu thereof
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0002|   "four".
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0005|                                         ___________________________
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0006|                                         Mimi Stewart
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0010|   Adopted ___________________   Not Adopted ___________________________
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0011|            (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0014|                   Date ________________  
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0016|                         FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0017|                           FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0020|                                                       March 18, 1997
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0022|   Mr. President:
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0023|   
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0024|       Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to whom
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0025|   has been referred
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0001|   
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0002|                       HOUSE BILL 942, as amended
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0003|   
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0004|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
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0005|   that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0007|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0012|                                Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman 
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0017|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0020|                     Date ________________________
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0023|   The roll call vote was <u> 7 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0024|           Yes:    7
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0025|           No:     0
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0001|                Excused:     Fidel, Howes, Robinson
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0002|           Absent: None
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0009|                         FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0013|                                                       March 21, 1997
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0015|   Mr. President:
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0017|       Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0018|   
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0019|                       HOUSE BILL 942, as amended
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0020|   
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0021|   has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
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0022|   that it DO PASS.
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0023|   
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0024|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0003|                                __________________________________
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0004|                                Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0008|   Adopted_______________________   Not Adopted_______________________
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0009|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0013|                     Date ________________________
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0016|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0017|           Yes:    6
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0018|           No:     None
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0019|                Excused:     Aragon, Eisenstadt, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben
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0020|           Absent: None
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