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91_SR0107
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created the
4 Insurance Fraud Task Force consisting of one member of the
5 Senate to be the chairperson appointed by the President of
6 the Senate; one member of the Senate appointed by the
7 Minority Leader of the Senate; the Director of Insurance or
8 his or her designee; the Director of State Police or his or
9 her designee; the Attorney General or his or her designee;
10 five persons appointed by the President of the Senate by
11 September 1, 1999 as follows: one representative of a county
12 sheriff's department, one representative of a United States
13 criminal investigative department, one representative of a
14 prosecuting authority of a city, a village, an incorporated
15 town, a county, or this State, and two insurance consumers;
16 eight members representing insurers appointed by the Director
17 of Insurance by September 1, 1999, representing large,
18 medium, and small property, casualty, disability, life, and
19 health insurers and a health maintenance organization in this
20 State; all of whom shall serve without compensation but shall
21 be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses
22 from funds appropriated for that purpose; and be it further
23 RESOLVED, That the Insurance Fraud Task Force shall
24 investigate the issue of organized insurance fraud and
25 methods to combat insurance fraud, examine ways to unite the
26 resources of the insurance industry with the appropriate
27 components of federal and State criminal justice systems so
28 that organized insurance fraud schemes are identified and
29 thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators are prosecuted
30 in the best interests of justice, and examine the concept of
31 creating a private agency to assist in combating organized
32 insurance fraud and all ways to fund this agency, including
33 current funding of insurance mechanisms related to insurance
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1 crimes; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That the Insurance Fraud Task Force report its
3 findings and recommendations to the Senate no later than
4 July, 1, 2000; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
6 presented to the Attorney General, the Director of State
7 Police, and the Director of Insurance.