Bill Text: NH HB341 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to insurance investigations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-14 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/14/2019 House Journal 5 P. 5 [HB341 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB341-Introduced.html

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HB 341 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0656

01/05

 

HOUSE BILL 341

 

AN ACT relative to insurance investigations.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McBeath, Rock. 26

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies what the insurance commissioner may disclose to an insured or claimant who has made a complaint against an insurer during an investigation.

 

This bill is a request of the insurance department.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0656

01/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to insurance investigations.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Insurance Department; Investigations, Enforcement.  Amend RSA 400-A:16, III(c) to read as follows:

(c)  The commissioner may disclose to an insured or claimant who has filed a complaint against an insurer, a copy of the insurance company's letter, without attachments, to the department in response to the complaint.  The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to identify [those] which documents obtained from the company during the course of the investigation of the insured's or claimant's complaint [that] may be disclosed upon request to assist the insured or claimant in understanding the basis for the department's actions related to the investigation.  The commissioner shall not disclose to an insured or claimant any information that would interfere with any civil, criminal, or administrative enforcement proceeding.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.