Insurance Committee Passes Fraud Reporting Bill

California state agencies would be required to share with each other information about suspected workers’ compensation fraud except when doing so might compromise an investigation or violate federal law, under a bill that the Senate Insurance Committee passed. The committee on June 27 voted 12-0 to pass AB 2046, by Assemblyman Tom Daly, D-Anaheim. The bill would require state agencies to share with each other requested information about potential work comp fraud. Daly amended the bill earlier in June to add language saying that the requirement applies only when sharing the requested in...