Source: http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/statute/040_000_0000_chapter/040_002_0000_article/040_002_0118_section/040_002_0118_k/
Timestamp: 2019-06-26 03:38:01
Document Index: 578930652

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 29', '§ 4', '§ 6', '§ 22']

40-2,118. Fraudulent insurance act defined; penalty; notification of commissioner, when; antifraud plan. (a) For purposes of this act a "fraudulent insurance act" means an act committed by any person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, presents, causes to be presented or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented to or by an insurer, purported insurer, broker or any agent thereof, any written statement as part of, or in support of, an application for the issuance of, or the rating of an insurance policy for personal or commercial insurance, or a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy for commercial or personal insurance which such person knows to contain materially false information concerning any fact material thereto; or conceals, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto.
The requirement for submitting any antifraud plan, or any amendment thereof, to the commissioner shall expire on the date specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection unless the legislature reviews and reenacts the provisions of paragraph (2) pursuant to K.S.A. 45-229, and amendments thereto.
(2) Any antifraud plan, or any amendment thereof, submitted to the commissioner for informational purposes only shall be confidential and not be a public record and shall not be subject to discovery or subpoena in a civil action unless following an in camera review, the court determines that the antifraud plan is relevant and otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence set forth in article 4 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. The provisions of this paragraph shall expire on July 1, 2016, unless the legislature reviews and reenacts this provision pursuant to K.S.A. 45-229, and amendments thereto, prior to July 1, 2016.
(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 21-5812, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 44-5,125, and amendments thereto, a fraudulent insurance act shall constitute a severity level 6, nonperson felony if the amount involved is $25,000 or more; a severity level 7, nonperson felony if the amount is at least $5,000 but less than $25,000; a severity level 8, nonperson felony if the amount is at least $1,000 but less than $5,000; and a class C nonperson misdemeanor if the amount is less than $1,000. Any combination of fraudulent acts as defined in subsection (a) which occur in a period of six consecutive months which involves $25,000 or more shall have a presumptive sentence of imprisonment regardless of its location on the sentencing grid block.
History: L. 1985, ch. 155, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 43, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 128, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 194, § 29; L. 2007, ch. 150, § 4; L. 2011, ch. 11, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 91, § 22; July 1.
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