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176.861 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.
    Subdivision 1. Insurance information. The commissioner may, in writing, require an
insurance company to release to the commissioner any or all relevant information or evidence
the commissioner deems important which the company may have in its possession relating to
a workers' compensation claim including material relating to the investigation of the claim,
statements of any person, and any other evidence relevant to the investigation. The writing
from the commissioner requiring release of the information shall contain a statement that the
commissioner has reason to believe a crime or civil fraud has been committed with respect to
an insurance claim, payment, or application.
    Subd. 2. Information released to authorized persons. If an insurance company has
evidence that a claim may be fraudulent, the company shall, in writing, notify the commissioner
and provide the commissioner with all relevant material related to the company's inquiry into
the claim.
    Subd. 3. Good faith immunity. An insurance company or its agent acting in its behalf and in
good faith who releases oral or written information under subdivisions 1 and 2 is immune from
civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.
    Subd. 4. Self-insurer; assigned risk plan. For the purposes of this section "insurance
company" includes a self-insurer and the assigned risk plan and their agents.
History: 1995 c 231 art 1 s 31

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