BILLS FILED FOR THE 2012 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
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HB-119 Relating to Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Protection Insurance
Summary: Cites act as “Comprehensive Insurance Fraud Investigation and Prevention Act”; provides intent; revises provisions relating to crash reports; authorizes officer to testify at trial or provide affidavit; revises requirements relating to form submitted by providers; revises provisions relating to payment; provides that time for paying or denying claim is tolled during investigation of fraudulent act; specifies when benefits are not payable; provides that claimant violating certain provisions is not entitled to payment; authorizes recovery of payments; forbids those failing to comply with certain provisions from billing injured person or insured; provides that insurer has right to conduct reasonable investigations; revises reimbursement limitation; requires provider to ensure that insured understands services provided; revises discovery provisions; authorizes insurer to provide discount to insured selecting preferred provider; authorizes nonpayment for nonemergency services by nonpreferred provider in certain circumstances.
Recent Action: Filed September 2, 2011.
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SB-254 Relating to Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Protection Insurance
Summary: Revising provisions relating to the contents of written reports of motor vehicle crashes; requiring that an application for licensure as a mobile clinic include a statement regarding insurance fraud; defining the term “no-fault law”; adding licensed acupuncturists to the list of practitioners authorized to provide, supervise, order, or prescribe services; providing that an insurer’s failure to send certain specification or explanation waives other grounds for rejecting an invalid claim; revising the insurer’s reimbursement limitation; authorizing the insurer to deny a claim if the provider does not submit a properly completed statement or bill within a certain time; authorizing an insurer to contract with a preferred provider; authorizing an insurer to provide a premium discount to an insured who selects a preferred provider; providing that an insured forfeits the premium discount if the insured uses nonemergency services performed by a nonpreferred provider in specified circumstances, etc.
Recent Action: Filed September 14, 2011.
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