Haw. Rev. Stat. § 431C-48

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 431C-48 - Life settlement anti-fraud initiatives
(a) Providers and brokers shall have in place anti-fraud initiatives reasonably calculated to detect, prosecute, and prevent fraudulent life settlement acts. At the discretion of the commissioner, the commissioner may order, or a licensee may request and the commissioner may grant, such modifications of the following required initiatives as necessary to ensure an effective anti-fraud program. The modifications may be more or less restrictive than the required initiatives so long as the modifications may reasonably be expected to accomplish the purpose of this section. Anti-fraud initiatives shall include:
(1) Fraud investigators, who may be provider or broker employees or independent contractors; and
(2) An anti-fraud plan that shall be submitted to the commissioner. The anti-fraud plan shall include but not be limited to:
(A) A description of the procedures for detecting and investigating possible fraudulent life settlement acts and procedures for resolving material inconsistencies between medical records and insurance applications;
(B) A description of the procedures for reporting possible fraudulent life settlement acts to the commissioner;
(C) A description of the plan for anti-fraud education and training of underwriters and other personnel; and
(D) A description or chart outlining the organizational arrangement of the anti-fraud personnel who are responsible for the investigation and reporting of possible fraudulent life settlement acts and investigating unresolved material inconsistencies between medical records and insurance applications.
(b) Anti-fraud plans submitted to the commissioner shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be a public record and shall not be subject to discovery or subpoena in a civil or criminal action.

HRS § 431C-48

Added by L 2012, c 256, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.