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TN Code § 56-53-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-102. Fraudulent Insurance Act — Criminal Violations

  Any person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, and for the purpose of depriving another of property or for pecuniary gain, commits, participates in or aids, abets, or conspires to commit or solicits another person to commit, or intentionally permits its employees or its agents to commit any of the following acts, has committed a fraudulent insurance act:  Presents, causes to be presented, or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented, by or on behalf of an insured, claimant or applicant to an insurer, insurance professional or premium finance company in connection with an insurance transaction or premium finance transaction, any information that contains false representations as to any material fact, or that withholds or conceals a material fact concerning any of the following:  The application for, rating of, or renewal of, any insurance policy;   A claim for payment or benefit pursuant to any insurance policy;   Payments made in accordance with the terms of any insurance policy; or   The application used in any premium finance transaction;     Presents, causes to be presented, or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented, to or by an insurer, insurance professional or a premium finance company in connection with an insurance transaction or premium finance transaction, any information that contains false representations as to any material fact, or that withholds or conceals a material fact, concerning any of the following:  The solicitation for sale of any insurance policy or purported insurance policy;   An application for certificate of authority;   The financial condition of any insurer; or   The acquisition, formation, merger, affiliation or dissolution of any insurer;     Solicits or accepts new or renewal insurance risks by or for an insolvent insurer;   Removes the assets or records of assets, transactions and affairs or a material part of the assets or records, from the home office or other place of business of the insurer, or from the place of safekeeping of the insurer, or destroys or sequesters the same from the department; or   Diverts, misappropriates, converts or embezzles funds of an insurer, an insured, claimant or applicant for insurance in connection with:  An insurance transaction;   The conduct of business activities by an insurer or insurance professional; or   The acquisition, formation, merger, affiliation or dissolution of any insurer.       It shall be unlawful for any person to commit, or to attempt to commit, or aid, assist, abet or solicit another to commit, or to conspire to commit a fraudulent insurance act.
TN Code § 56-53-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-103. Unlawful Insurance Act — Civil Violations

  Any person who commits, participates in, or aids, abets, or conspires to commit, or solicits another person to commit, or permits its employees or its agents to commit any of the following acts with an intent to induce reliance, has committed an unlawful insurance act:  Presents, causes to be presented, or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented, by or on behalf of an insured, claimant or applicant to an insurer, insurance professional or a premium finance company in connection with an insurance transaction or premium finance transaction, any information that the person knows to contain false representations, or representations the falsity of which the person has recklessly disregarded, as to any material fact, or that withholds or conceals a material fact, concerning any of the following:  The application for, rating of, or renewal of, any insurance policy;   A claim for payment or benefit pursuant to any insurance policy;   Payments made in accordance with the terms of any insurance policy; or   The application for the financing of any insurance premium;     Presents, causes to be presented, or prepares with knowledge or belief that it will be presented, to or by an insurer, insurance professional or a premium finance company in connection with an insurance transaction or premium finance transaction, any information that the person knows to contain false representations, or representations the falsity of which the person has recklessly disregarded, as to any material fact, or that withholds or conceals a material fact, concerning any of the following:  The solicitation for sale of any insurance policy or purported insurance policy;   An application for certificate of authority;   The financial condition of any insurer; or   The acquisition, formation, merger, affiliation or dissolution of any insurer; or     Solicits or accepts new or renewal insurance risks by or for an insurer that the person knows was insolvent or the insolvency of which the person recklessly disregards.     It shall be unlawful for any person to commit, or to attempt to commit, or aid, assist, abet or solicit another to commit, or to conspire to commit an unlawful insurance act.
TN Code § 56-53-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-104. Criminal Penalties

 A person who violates § 56-53-102 shall be punished and subject to the penalties under § 39-14-133.
TN Code § 56-53-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-105. Restitution

  A person convicted of a violation of § 56-53-102 shall be ordered to make monetary restitution for any financial loss or damages sustained by any other person as a result of the violation. Financial loss or damage shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, loss of earnings, out-of-pocket and other expenses, paid deductible amounts under an insurance policy, insurer claim payments, cost reasonably attributed to investigations and recovery efforts by owners, insurers, insurance professionals, law enforcement and other public authorities, and cost of prosecution.   When restitution is ordered, the court shall determine its extent and methods. Restitution may be imposed in addition to a fine and, if ordered, any other penalty, but not in lieu thereof. The court shall determine whether restitution, if ordered, shall be paid in a single payment or installments and shall fix a period of time, not in excess of three (3) years, within which payment of restitution is to be made in full.
TN Code § 56-53-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-106. Administrative Penalties

   Any practitioner determined by the court to have violated § 56-53-102 shall be deemed to have committed an act involving moral turpitude that is inimical to the public well being. The court or prosecutor shall notify the appropriate licensing authority in this state of the judgment for appropriate disciplinary action, including revocation of the professional license, and may notify appropriate licensing authorities in any other jurisdictions where the practitioner is licensed. Any victim may notify the appropriate licensing authorities in this state and any other jurisdiction where the practitioner is licensed, of the conviction.   Upon notification of a conviction of the crimes enumerated in § 56-53-102 or a substantially similar crime under the laws of another state or the United States, this state's appropriate licensing authority may hold an administrative hearing, or take other appropriate administrative action authorized by state law, to consider the imposition of the administrative sanctions as provided by law against the practitioner. Where the practitioner has been convicted of a felony violation of § 56-53-102 or a substantially similar crime under the laws of another state or of the United States, this state's appropriate licensing authority may hold an administrative hearing, or take other appropriate administrative action authorized by state law, and may summarily and permanently revoke the license or take other action against the licensee as deemed appropriate. It is recommended by the legislature that the supreme court shall summarily and permanently disbar any attorney found guilty of such felony.   The referrals to the appropriate licensing or other agencies, and all dispositive actions of the referral, shall be a matter of public record.      A person convicted of a felony involving dishonesty or breach of trust shall not participate in the business of insurance unless a waiver is granted by the commissioner.   A person in the business of insurance shall not knowingly or intentionally permit a person convicted of a felony involving dishonesty or breach of trust to participate in the business of insurance unless a waiver has been granted by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (b)(1).
TN Code § 56-53-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-108. Exclusivity of Remedies

 The remedies expressly provided in § 56-53-107 shall be the only private remedies for violations of this chapter and no additional remedies shall be implied. The remedies available under § 56-53-107 shall not be used in conjunction with or in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity to duplicate recovery for the same element of economic damage. Further, in any civil action pleading both exemplary damages and the treble damages available in § 56-53-107(c), the plaintiff shall elect one (1) or the other remedy, but not both, at the conclusion of the evidentiary phase of the trial; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall limit or abrogate any right of action that would have existed in the absence of this chapter, but no action based on such a right shall rely on this chapter to establish a standard of conduct or for any other purpose.
TN Code § 56-53-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-109. Cooperation

  When any law enforcement official or authority, any insurance department, state division of insurance fraud, or state or federal regulatory or licensing authority requests information from an insurer or insurance professional for the purpose of detecting, prosecuting or preventing insurance fraud, the insurer or insurance professional shall take all reasonable actions to provide the information requested, subject to any legal privilege protecting the information.   Any insurer or insurance professional who has reasonable belief that an act violating § 56-53-102 or § 56-53-103 will be, is being, or has been committed shall furnish and disclose any information in the insurance professional's possession concerning the act to the appropriate law enforcement official or authority, insurance department, state division of insurance fraud, or state or federal regulatory or licensing authority, subject to any legal privilege protecting the information. In no case shall the information be required by subpoena or otherwise to be given to the person alleged to have committed a violation, unless in possession of an insurer and that insurer used the information to deny a claim of the person, in whole or in part.   All documents or other information submitted to or generated by a law enforcement, regulatory, licensing or other governmental agency pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to the public records laws, codified in title 10, chapter 7, and shall be confidential unless disclosed by the law enforcement, regulatory, licensing or other governmental agency at the agency's sole discretion.   Any person who has a reasonable belief that an act violating this chapter will be, is being, or has been committed, or any person who collects, reviews or analyzes information concerning insurance fraud may furnish and disclose any information in the person's possession concerning the act to an authorized representative of an insurer who requests the information for the purpose of detecting, prosecuting or preventing insurance fraud.   Failure to cooperate with a request for information from an appropriate local, state or federal governmental authority shall bar a person's eligibility for restitution from any proceeds resulting from the governmental investigation and prosecution. This subsection (e) shall not be construed as limiting the ability of any governmental authority from imposing lawful civil discipline upon a person or entity that fails to cooperate with a request for information as delineated in this subsection (e).
TN Code § 56-53-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-110. Immunity

 In the absence of actual malice, no person furnishing, disclosing or requesting information pursuant to § 56-53-109 shall be subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other cause of action arising from the furnishing, disclosing or requesting of the information. No person providing information pursuant to § 56-53-109(a) shall be subject to civil liability for any cause of action arising from the person's provision of requested information. Any person against whom any action is brought who is found to be immune from liability under this section, shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs from the person or party who brought the action. This section does not abrogate or modify in any way any common law or statutory privilege or immunity heretofore enjoyed by any person.
TN Code § 56-53-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-111. Regulatory Requirements

  Anti-Fraud Plans.  By January 1, 2002, every insurer with direct written premiums exceeding ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall prepare, implement, and maintain an insurance anti-fraud plan. Each insurer's anti-fraud plan shall outline specific procedures, appropriate to the type of insurance the insurer writes in this state, to:  Prevent, detect and investigate all forms of insurance fraud, including fraud involving the insurer's employees or agents; fraud resulting from misrepresentations in the application, renewal or rating of insurance policies; claims fraud; and security of the insurer's data processing systems;   Educate appropriate employees on fraud detection and the insurer's anti-fraud plan;   Provide for the hiring of or contracting for fraud investigators;   Report insurance fraud to appropriate law enforcement and regulatory authorities in the investigation and prosecution of insurance fraud; and   Pursue restitution for financial loss caused by insurance fraud, where appropriate.     The commissioner may review each insurer's anti-fraud plan at the time of the insurance company's financial examination or market conduct examination or at any other time when requested by the commissioner.   The commissioner may require each insurer to file a summary of the insurer's anti-fraud activities and results. The anti-fraud plans and the summary of the insurer's anti-fraud activities and results are not public records and are exempt from the public records act, and shall be proprietary and not subject to public examination, and shall not be discoverable or admissible in civil litigation.   This subsection (a) confers no private rights of action.     Fraud Warnings.   By January 1, 2002, all applications for insurance, and all claim forms regardless of the form of transmission provided and required by an insurer or required by law as a condition of payment of a claim, shall contain a statement, permanently affixed to the application or claim form, that clearly states in substance the following, or words to that effect:  “It is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete or misleading information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penalties include imprisonment, fines and denial of insurance benefits.”    The lack of a statement required in this subsection (b) does not constitute a defense in any criminal prosecution under § 56-53-102 nor in any civil action under § 56-53-102 or § 56-53-103.     The warning required by subdivision (b)(1) shall not be required on forms relating to reinsurance.     Enforcement.  Notwithstanding any other law, the following are the exclusive monetary penalties for violation of this section. Insurers that fail to prepare, implement, and maintain an insurance anti-fraud plan are subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per day, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
TN Code § 56-53-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 53 - Insurance Fraud|§ 56-53-112. Inapplicable to Workers' Compensation

 Nothing in this chapter shall apply to a workers' compensation insurance policy as defined in § 56-47-102, and the Workers' Compensation Fraud Act, compiled in chapter 47 of this title, shall continue in full force and effect.
TN Code § 56-54-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 54 - Tennessee Health Care Liability Reporting Act|§ 56-54-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Health Care Liability  Reporting Act.”
TN Code § 56-54-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 54 - Tennessee Health Care Liability Reporting Act|§ 56-54-102. Legislative Intent — Use of Information

 This chapter is intended to ensure the availability of health care liability claims data necessary for thorough analysis and understanding of issues associated with health care liability claims, in order to support the establishment and maintenance of sound public policy. The information submitted to the department of commerce and insurance pursuant to this section shall be used solely for the purpose of analyzing trends in health care liability claims; provided, however, that the information received pursuant to § 56-54-105 that pertains to judgments and settlements paid as to any medical physician, osteopathic physician or dentist shall be sent to the department of health, division of health related boards and § 56-54-107 shall apply to the reports.
TN Code § 56-54-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 54 - Tennessee Health Care Liability Reporting Act|§ 56-54-104. Applicability of Chapter

 This chapter shall apply to all health care liability claims in this state, regardless of whether or how they are covered by medical professional liability insurance. This chapter shall not apply to the state or those employed by the state to the extent that their health care liability is not covered by an insurance entity.
TN Code § 56-54-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 54 - Tennessee Health Care Liability Reporting Act|§ 56-54-107. Confidentiality of Information

  The information submitted to the department of commerce and insurance pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential, shall not be subject to public inspection, shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena or legal compulsion for release to any person or entity and shall not be admissible in any criminal, civil or administrative proceeding.   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent parties to a liability claim or legal action from entering into a settlement of that claim on a confidential basis. Any such agreement shall be mutually binding on all parties by the terms of the agreement, with the exception that any party required to report under this section shall do so and such reporting shall not be considered a breach of any confidential settlement agreement.   The commissioner may share information received pursuant to this chapter with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, other state insurance departments or other appropriate government entities; however, the commissioner shall not share any data related to an open or pending claim to any other jurisdiction and such shared data shall not include the license number or any other personal identification of any health care provider.
TN Code § 56-54-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 54 - Tennessee Health Care Liability Reporting Act|§ 56-54-108. Cost of Implementation

 Any cost incurred by the department of commerce and insurance associated with the implementation of this chapter shall be paid out of existing reserves of the insurance division of the department of commerce and insurance.
TN Code § 56-54-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 54 - Tennessee Health Care Liability Reporting Act|§ 56-54-109. Violations — Civil Penalties — Hearing — Costs

  The commissioner may assess a civil penalty in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) per day upon any insuring entity, self-insurer, facility, provider and claimant's counsel that fails to file a complete filing by the required date, or otherwise fails to comply with this chapter. Any insuring entity, self-insurer, facility, provider and claimant's counsel so assessed may request an administrative hearing to contest the assessment of a penalty under this section. The prevailing party shall be entitled to its costs in bringing or defending the action.   All hearings under this section shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 56-54-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 54 - Tennessee Health Care Liability Reporting Act|§ 56-54-110. Adoption of Rules

 The commissioner shall adopt any rules needed for implementing this chapter in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 56-54-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 54 - Tennessee Health Care Liability Reporting Act|§ 56-54-111. Annual Report

 The commissioner shall submit an annual report to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives summarizing the information submitted pursuant to this chapter. The annual report shall be submitted on or before November 1 of each year. Any report shall contain aggregate data only and shall not identify any individual health care facility or health care provider. The annual report compiled by the commissioner shall aggregate total settlement and judgment to all health care providers in connection with a single occurrence; provided, that the report shall not contain any claimant's social security number. The report shall differentiate between health care facilities and health care providers listed in § 56-54-103. The report shall also include information as to whether any healthcare provider named in any claim received payment from TennCare for the incident that is the subject of the respective claim.
TN Code § 56-55-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 56 - Insurance|Chapter 55 - Tennessee Vehicle Protection Product Act|§ 56-55-101. Short Title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Vehicle Protection Product Act.”