State legislation
108 records found
Legislative scorecard:
18 bills enacted | 75 bills pending | 15 bills dead
Arkansas
Workers compensation, H 1529, Bill status: Enacted
• Gives the workers comp fraud unit police powers.
Arkansas
Solicitation, H 1874, Bill status: Enacted
• Creates an anti-runner statute targeting chiropractors.
Arkansas
Crash reports, S 225, Bill status: Enacted
• restricts access to information about minors involved in automobile crashes.
Arkansas
Solicitation/anti-runner, H 1030, Bill status: Pending
• Restricts access of crash reports and includes anti-runner provision making solicitation a crime.
California
Workers compensation, S 146, Bill status: Pending
• Allows pharmacies to file claims without submitting supporting documents.
Colorado
Fraud reporting, H 1262, Bill status: Enacted
• Allows insurers to report to a third party (NICB) when belief a fire is suspicious or suspected insurance fraud.
Connecticut
Airbag, S 1040, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a felony to use counterfeit airbags in the repair of an auto.
Connecticut
Medicaid fraud, H 5069, Bill status: Pending
• Requires the use of provider data base and predictive analysis for prepayment of claims.
Delaware
Certificates of insurance, H 104, Bill status: Pending
• Prohibits a person from issuing a false or misleading certificate or one that purports to alter, amend, or extend the coverage provided by the insurance policy
Florida
Automobile insurance, S 1888, Bill status: Dead
• Repeals the state's no fault insurance system and sets up a liability/bodily injury system.
Georgia
Prescription drug abuse, H 178, Bill status: Enacted
• Requires licensing of pain management clinics with requirements on licensure.
Georgia
Medical identity theft, S 170, Bill status: Enacted
• Expands the definition of identity theft to include health care fraud.
Hawaii
Medicaid fraud, S 323, Bill status: Pending
• Requires state to use physician screening before paying Medicaid claims. Also requires state to use predictive modeling and analytics to reduce fraud.
Indiana
Prescription drugs, S 246, Bill status: Enacted
• Requires only licensed physicians or hospitals to have an ownership in a clinic that prescribes controlled substances.
Kansas
Medicaid fraud, S 59, Bill status: Enacted
• Allows for up to $5,000 reward to persons reporting suspected Medicaid fraud.
Kansas
Contractors, H 2065, Bill status: Pending
• Makes home improvement fraud a crime.
Kentucky
Automobile insurance, H 243, Bill status: Dead
• Makes it a crime for a repair shop to file a claim for repairs for parts that were not in need of repair. Also makes it a crime to waive or rebate an insured's deductible.
Louisiana
Fraud bureau, S 180, Bill status: Pending
• Raises the insurance department's office of insurance fraud to a division and gives it greater authority in the investigation of fraud.
Maryland
Airbags, H 885, Bill status: Dead
• Prohibits the use of counterfeit airbags in repairs of autos.
Maryland
Identity theft, S 264, Bill status: Enacted
• Makes it a crime to access another persons identity or identifying information to obtain health insurance benefits.
Maryland
Deductibles, H 763, Bill status: Dead
• Makes it insurance fraud to offer a rebate on deductible to sign a contract.
Maryland
Deductible, S 736, Bill status: Enacted
• Makes it insurance fraud to offer a rebate on deductible to sign a contract.
Maryland
Medicaid fraud, H 116, Bill status: Enacted
• Adds abuse and neglect to the definition of Medicaid fraud.
Maryland
Medicaid fraud, S 267, Bill status: Enacted
• Adds abuse and neglect to the definition of Medicaid fraud.
Maryland
Workers compensation, H 112, Bill status: Dead
• Creates a task force to look into the state workers compensation system including its ant-fraud effort.
Massachusetts
Life insurance, H 845, Bill status: Pending
• Allows insurers three years from discovery to rescind a life policy due to fraud in the application.
Massachusetts
Automobile insurance, S 475, Bill status: Pending
• Requires auto body repair shops to supply all relevant repair information to consumer and insurer.
Michigan
Fraud authoritiy, H 4612, Bill status: Pending
• Major no fault reform bill that includes the creation of an auto insurance fraud prevention authority.
Minnesota
Insurance fraud, H 647, Bill status: Pending
• Renames the insurance fraud unit and includes requirement for fingerprint and criminal background check for any person seeking an insurance license.
Minnesota
Insurance fraud, S 650, Bill status: Pending
• Renames the insurance fraud unit and includes requirement for fingerprint and criminal background check for any person seeking an insurance license.
Mississippi
Immunity, H 1388, Bill status: Dead
• Grants immunity for the reporting of suspected insurance fraud to law enforcement.
Mississippi
Contractor registration, S 2578, Bill status: Dead
• Requires roofing contractors to be registered in the state to be able to operate.
Mississippi
Roofing contractors, H 1102, Bill status: Dead
• Gives consumers protections from shady roofing contractors.
Mississippi
Immunity, S 2489, Bill status: Dead
• Grants immunity for the reporting of suspected insurance fraud to law enforcement.
Mississippi
Home repair fraud, H 236, Bill status: Dead
• Expands the current law on home repair fraud.
Missouri
Workers comp fraud, H 210, Bill status: Pending
• Major criminal code reform that changes the level of workers comp fraud from D Felony to E felony (penalty remains the same).
Missouri
Prescription monitoring program, S 146, Bill status: Pending
• Creates a state prescription monitoring program. Law would become effective after voter referendum approving it.
Missouri
Prescription monitoring program, S 233, Bill status: Pending
• Creates a prescription monitoring program.
Montana
Health fraud, H 171, Bill status: Dead
• Requires state to use physician screening before paying Medicaid claims. Also requires state to use predictive modeling and analytics to reduce fraud.
New Hampshire
Venue, H 228, Bill status: Pending
• Defines the venue where an insurance fraud case could commence.
New Jersey
Insurance fraud, A 944, Bill status: Pending
• Comprehensive bill that includes targeted the misrepresentation of where an auto is garaged and stronger immunity for reporting suspected fraud.
New Jersey
Health insurance, A 243, Bill status: Pending
• makes it a crime of insurance fraud for a provider to waive or rebate an insured's deductible or co-pay.
New Jersey
Health insurance, S 545, Bill status: Pending
• makes it a crime of insurance fraud for a provider to waive or rebate an insured's deductible or co-pay.
New Jersey
Innocent spouse, A 1125, Bill status: Pending
• Protects an innocent spouse from the denial of coverage to an insured who commits fraud.
New Jersey
Immunity, A 2045, Bill status: Pending
• Expands the state's insurance fraud immunity law.
New Jersey
Insurance fraud, S 1461, Bill status: Pending
• Comprehensive bill that includes targeted the misrepresentation of where an auto is garaged and stronger immunity for reporting suspected fraud.
New Jersey
Automobile rate evasion, A 2204, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a crime to lie about where automobile is garaged to avoid paying state insurance rates.
New Jersey
Solicitation, S 761, Bill status: Pending
• Restricts professional solicitation for 30 days after a crash.
New Jersey
Solicitation, A 801, Bill status: Pending
• Restricts solicitation for 90 days after a crash.
New Jersey
Bad faith, A 3434, Bill status: Pending
• Allows a claimant to bring a bad faith action against an insurer.
New Mexico
Airbag fraud, H 118, Bill status: Dead
• Criminalizes the marketing of vehicles with phony or counterfeit airbags
New Mexico
Medicaid fraud, S 133, Bill status: Dead
• Sets a civil fine for submitting a false medicaid claim. Also sets a knowingly standard for commission of the fraud.
New York
Airbags, A 6378, Bill status: Pending
• creates a civil penalty for marketing or selling a counterfeit airbag. Gives a consumer a civil right if harmed by a counterfeit bag.
New York
Airbag, A 3606, Bill status: Pending
• Forbids the use of recycled airbags from being installed in repairs of vehicles.
New York
Airbags, A 557, Bill status: Pending
• Prohibits the use of deployed airbags from being recycled in auto repairs.
New York
Prescription drug abuse, S 2940, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a crime to steal blank prescription forms.
New York
Prescription drug abuse, S 2941, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a felony f a provider or pharmacists unlawfully sells a controlled substance.
New York
Anti-runner, S 3033, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a felony to act as a runner or hire a runner to solicit clients and patients to file fraudulent claims.
New York
Anti-runner, A 4597, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a crime to act as a runner or hire a runner to solicit clients or patients to file insurance claims.
New York
Airbags, S 5037, Bill status: Pending
• Criminalizes he marketing and installing of counterfeit or non-functioning airbags in an auto repair.
New York
Automobile insurance, S 3540, Bill status: Pending
• Eliminates assignment of benefits under the state's no fault law for durable medical equipment.
New York
Automobile insurance, S 3545, Bill status: Pending
• Requires medical providers to prove treatments are medically necessary to receive benefits from the state's no fault law.
New York
Staged crashes, S 3547, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a crime to stage an automobile crash.
New York
Automobile insurance, A 3774, Bill status: Pending
• Allows insurers to rescind a policy under certain circumstances including if the policy was bought to commit fraud.
New York
Automobile insurance fraud, A 3747, Bill status: Pending
• Omnibus bill that includes a provision criminalizing the misrepresentation where a vehicle is garaged.
New York
Medicaid fraud, S 2617, Bill status: Pending
• Gives counties and local government the ability to receive a portion of any restitution for assisting in the prosecution of fraud.
New York
Automobile insurance fraud, A 3140, Bill status: Pending
• Gives the department of financial services the authority to investigate misrepresentation of where auto is garaged.
New York
Rewards program, A 3503, Bill status: Pending
• Sets a reward program for the reporting of suspected insurance fraud cases.
New York
Automobile insurance fraud, S 2373, Bill status: Pending
• Omnibus bill that includes a provision criminalizing the misrepresentation where a vehicle is garaged.
New York
Insurance card, S 2253, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a felony to forge 10 or more insurance certificate cards.
New York
Identity fraud, A 2249, Bill status: Pending
• Expands the definition of identity theft to include the theft of medical and health insurance information.
New York
Automobile insurance, S 1959, Bill status: Pending
• Allows insurers to rescind a policy under certain circumstances including if the policy was bought to commit fraud.
New York
Anti runner, A 799, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a crime to act as or hire a runner to solicit patients or clients.
New York
Automobile insurance, A 1200, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a felony to forge 10 or more insurance certificate cards.
New York
Staged automobile crashes, A 756, Bill status: Pending
• Makes committing a staged automobile crash a specific crime.
New York
Identity theft, S 652, Bill status: Pending
• Expands the definition of identity theft to include the theft of medical and health insurance information.
New York
Health fraud, S 773, Bill status: Pending
• Allows for any prosecutor to receive reports of medicaid fraud.
New York
Automobile fraud, S 1151, Bill status: Pending
• Major no fault reform bill that grants insurers greater ability to investigate suspicious claims, sets decertification procedures.
North Carolina
Automobile insurance, S 154, Bill status: Pending
• Allows insurer to cancel or recover the actual premiums if applicant misrepresents info on years and age of drivers on policy.
North Dakota
Insurance producer, H 1098, Bill status: Enacted
• Gives the insurance department access to tax data of insurance producers in investigations for fraud.
North Dakota
Penalties, S 2074, Bill status: Pending
• Expands the criminal penalty for committing insurance fraud.
Oklahoma
Workers compensation, S 428, Bill status: Pending
• Comprehensive workers comp bill includes making workers comp fraud a crime, setting up a separate workers comp fraud unit and extends immunity for the reporting of fraud.
Oklahoma
Workers compensation, S 485, Bill status: Pending
• Major workers comp legislation that includes moving workers comp fraud unit to the insurance department.
Oklahoma
Contractors, S 1025, Bill status: Pending
• Requires commercial roofing contractors to take an exam before licensing. Sets program for out-of-state roofers to work during emergencies.
Oklahoma
Contractor registration, H 2209, Bill status: Pending
• Makes it a crime to act as a roofing contractor without proper state registration. Also sets standards for the registration.
Oklahoma
Contractors, S 1053, Bill status: Pending
• Requires a $30,000 bond to be filed by any roofing contractor before being registered by the state.
Oklahoma
Contractors, H 2208, Bill status: Pending
• Allows consumers to assign homeowners claims to contractors and criminalizes the rebating of an insureds deductible.
Oklahoma
Rep. Kirby, H 1346, Bill status: Pending
• Sets up that the annual assessment paid by insurers would go to an insurance fraud revolving fund instead of the insurance dept.
Oklahoma
Medicaid fraud, H 1983, Bill status: Pending
• Requires state to use physician screening before paying Medicaid claims. Also requires state to use predictive modeling and analytics to reduce fraud
Oklahoma
Fraud unit, S 8, Bill status: Pending
• Restricts the type of vehicle and weapon the fraud unit investigators may use.
Oregon
Prescription monitoring, S 470, Bill status: Pending
• Expands the state prescription monitoring program.
Pennsylvania
Prescription monitoring, H 317, Bill status: Pending
• Creates a pharmaceutical monitoring program for pharmacies and physicians to utilize.
Rhode Island
Medicaid fraud, S 29, Bill status: Pending
• Requires state to use physician screening before paying Medicaid claims. Also requires state to use predictive modeling and analytics to reduce fraud.
South Carolina
Roofing contractor, H 3409, Bill status: Pending
• Gives consumers the ability to cancel roofing contract if insurer denies claim. Also gives the licensing board authority to revoke license if fraud is involved.
South Carolina
Contractor licensing, H 3133, Bill status: Pending
• Strengthens penalty for acting as a contractor without the proper state license.
South Dakota
Fraud bureau, S 37, Bill status: Enacted
• Formally moves the fraud bureau from the insurance department to the attorney general's office.
Tennessee
Contractors, H 480, Bill status: Pending
• Requires a license for a roofer contractor to conduct business in the state.
Tennessee
Contractors, S 631, Bill status: Pending
• Requires a license for a roofing contractor to conduct business in the state.
Texas
Fraud reporting, S 411, Bill status: Enacted
• Requires insurers to respond within 15 days to a request for information from state fraud investigators. allows for additional 10 days if requested bu insurer.
Texas
Fraud reporting, H 1906, Bill status: Enacted
• Requires insurers to respond within 15 days to a request for information from state fraud investigators.
Texas
Contractors, H 888, Bill status: Pending
• Requires licensing for roofing contractors.
Texas
Contractors, S 311, Bill status: Pending
• Requires licensing for roofing contractors.
Texas
Automobile insurance, S 814, Bill status: Pending
• Requires insurers to inform insurance department of metrics and technology used to detect suspicious claims.
Virginia
Health fraud, S 973, Bill status: Dead
• Requires state to implement physician screening before paying state health benefit claims.
Virginia
License revocation, H 1838, Bill status: Enacted
• Prohibits any agent whose license was revoked or voluntarily surrendered from owning, controlling or employed in an insurance agency.
West Virginia
Prescription drug abuse, S 108, Bill status: Pending
• Creates an unintentional drug abuse overdose review board to investigate prescription overdose in the state.
Wyoming
Roofing contractors, H 33, Bill status: Dead
• Bill protecting consumers and insurers from shady roofing contractors.
Wyoming
False claims act, S 83, Bill status: Enacted
• Creates a state false claims act.
