ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

H.B. 837

Fraud Division in the Maryland Insurance Administration Maryland Insurance
Commissioner to include certain information in a certain annual report;
requiring the Insurance Fraud Division to notify the Workers' Compensation
Commission of certain suspected cases of insurance fraud; requiring the
Commission to refer certain persons to the Insurance Fraud Division under
certain circumstances; requiring the Commission, in consultation with the
Insurance Fraud Division and in collaboration with certain persons and
organizations, to conduct a certain study; specifying what the Commission shall
consider as part of the study; requiring the Commission to report its findings
and recommendations by a certain date; altering a certain definition; and
generally relating to workers' compensation insurance fraud.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Insurance
Section 2-401 2-110(a), 2-401, and 2-405
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with without amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-310.1 and 9-1106
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Labor and Employment

Section 9-310.2

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Insurance

2-110.

(a) No later than December 31 of each year, the Commissioner shall prepare
an annual report about the previous fiscal year that includes:

(1)     a list of the authorized insurers transacting insurance business in the
State, with any summary of their financial statements that the Commissioner
considers appropriate;

(2)     the name of each insurer whose business was closed during the year,
the cause of the closure, and the amount of assets and liabilities of the insurer that is
ascertainable;

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