ARTICLE 1. False and Fraudulent Claims

Article 1 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1119, Sec. 3.

§§ 1871–1871.10 · 11 sections

• § 1871 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The business of insurance involves many transactions that have the potential for abuse and illegal…
• § 1871.1 Insurers and their agents, while they are investigating suspected fraud claims, shall have access to all relevant public records that are required to be open…
• § 1871.2 (a) An insurer who, in connection with any insurance application, contract, or provision of contract, prints, reproduces, or furnishes a form to any person…
• § 1871.3 (a) In the case of any claim arising from the theft of an insured vehicle, prior to the settlement of the claim, the insurer shall secure from the insured a…
• § 1871.4 (a) It is unlawful to do any of the following: (1) Make or cause to be made a knowingly false or fraudulent material statement or material representation for…
• § 1871.5 Any person convicted of workers’ compensation fraud pursuant to Section 1871.4 or Section 550 of the Penal Code shall be ineligible to receive or retain any…
• § 1871.6 The provisions of Section 781 of the Penal Code are applicable to any prosecutions for violations of Section 1871.4. This section is declaratory of existing…
• § 1871.7 (a) It is unlawful to knowingly employ runners, cappers, steerers, or other persons to procure clients or patients to perform or obtain services or benefits…
• § 1871.8 An insurer or self-insured employer shall provide the following notice, in both English and Spanish, to an injured worker on or with a check for temporary…
• § 1871.9 The department shall post all of the following information on its Internet Web site for each person, as defined in Section 19, convicted of a violation of this…
• § 1871.10 It is unlawful to make or cause to be made a knowingly false or fraudulent material statement or material representation for the purpose of obtaining or…