State of Illinois
91^st General Assembly
Public Acts

Public Act 91-0522

SB359 Enrolled                                 LRB9103363JSpc

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

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

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

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

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