Full Text of HR1107 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, According to the Des Plaines, Illinois-based | 3 | | National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), during the past 3 | 4 | | years, there has been a significant increase in insurance | 5 | | fraud, specifically in Illinois, staged motor vehicle | 6 | | accidents, false claims of bodily injury, and medical provider | 7 | | fraud; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Illinois ranks fifth nationally in submitted | 9 | | questionable claims related to bodily injury; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has adequate insurance fraud laws, | 11 | | especially in relation to immunity for reporting and sharing | 12 | | information; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has strong criminal penalties for | 14 | | insurance fraud; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, A fraud bureau exists to investigate workers' | 16 | | compensation fraud; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has a Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention | 18 | | Council, funded by a $1 charge per auto insurance policy, that | 19 | | helps combat vehicle theft and has contributed to a 60% decline | 20 | | in vehicle theft since 1991; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, A bureau or other facility to investigate property | 2 | | and casualty and medical fraud does not exist; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The top recommendation arising from the 2008 | 4 | | Illinois Insurance Fraud Summit held by the NICB was the need | 5 | | for a dedicated insurance fraud prosecutor; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | there is created the Illinois Insurance Fraud Task Force; and | 9 | | be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of the | 11 | | following members: the Director of the Illinois Department of | 12 | | Insurance or his or her designee, the Director of the Illinois | 13 | | State Police or his or her designee, the Director of the | 14 | | Criminal Justice Information Authority or his or her designee; | 15 | | the Attorney General or his or her designee; the Cook County | 16 | | State's Attorney or his or her designee; the Superintendent of | 17 | | the Chicago Police Department or his or her designee; a local | 18 | | Police Chief designated by the Illinois Association of Chiefs | 19 | | of Police; a County Sheriff designated by the Illinois County | 20 | | Sheriff's Association; three property and casualty insurance | 21 | | companies designated by the Illinois Insurance Association; | 22 | | the President of the National Insurance Crime Bureau or his or |
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| 1 | | her designee; the President of the Illinois Insurance | 2 | | Association or his or her designee; and the Governor of the | 3 | | State of Illinois or his or her designee; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That at the first meeting of the Task Force a | 5 | | chairperson be selected from among its members; and be it | 6 | | further | 7 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Insurance Fraud Task Force | 8 | | shall (i) investigate the issue of organized insurance fraud | 9 | | crime, especially as related to the rapidly escalating problem | 10 | | of medical fraud, (ii) examine methods to unite the collective | 11 | | resources of the insurance industry with appropriate | 12 | | components of federal, State, and local law enforcement | 13 | | agencies to pinpoint organized criminal schemes, and (iii) | 14 | | examine concepts for establishing a permanent and financially | 15 | | sustained public-private partnership to combat insurance fraud | 16 | | crimes with emphasis placed on the establishment of a dedicated | 17 | | investigative and prosecutorial focus on insurance fraud | 18 | | crimes; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Insurance Fraud Task Force | 20 | | submit a report of its findings and recommendations to this | 21 | | body on or before August 30, 2013.
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