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1 AN ACT to amend the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
2 by adding Section 56.3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 56.3 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 1405/56.3 new)
8 Sec. 56.3. Insurance Fraud Task Force.
9 (a) The Insurance Fraud Task Force is hereby established
10 and shall consist of the following:
11 (1) The Director of Insurance or his or her
12 designee.
13 (2) The Director of State Police or his or her
14 designee.
15 (3) The Attorney General or his or her designee.
16 (4) Five representatives appointed by the Governor
17 by September 1, 1999 as follows:
18 (A) One representative of a county sheriff's
19 department.
20 (B) One representative of a United States
21 criminal investigative department or agency.
22 (C) One representative of a prosecuting
23 authority of a city, a village, an incorporated
24 town, a county, or this State.
25 (D) Two insurance consumers.
26 (5) Seven representatives of insurers appointed by
27 the Director of Insurance by September 1, 1999,
28 representing large, medium, and small property, casualty,
29 disability, life, and health insurers in this State, and
30 one representative of a health maintenance organization
31 appointed by the Director of Insurance by September 1,
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1 1999.
2 (b) The Insurance Fraud Task Force shall do all of the
3 following:
4 (1) Investigate the issue of organized insurance
5 fraud and methods to combat organized insurance fraud.
6 (2) Examine ways to unite the resources of the
7 insurance industry with the appropriate components of
8 federal and State criminal justice systems so that
9 organized insurance fraud schemes are identified and
10 thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators are
11 prosecuted in the best interests of justice.
12 (3) Examine the concept of creating a private
13 agency to assist in combating organized insurance fraud
14 and all ways to fund the agency, including current
15 funding of insurance mechanisms related to insurance
16 crimes.
17 (4) Report to the Governor and the General Assembly
18 no later than July 1, 2000 on its findings and
19 recommendations.
20 (c) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2000.
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.
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