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AB 5 Civil Discovery: Electronic Discovery Act
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 06/16/2009 |
| Summary: AB 5 amends the Civil Discovery Act to establish procedures for litigants to obtain discovery of electronically stored information in addition to documents and other tangible things in the possession of another party to the action. Effective date: June 29, 2009. ... more |
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SB 39 Personal Liability Immunity: Disaster Service Workers
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 07/29/2009 |
| Summary: SB 39 clarifies California's "Good Samaritan" law by providing that disaster service workers who perform disaster services during a state of emergency are not liable for civil damages resulting from their acts or omissions, regardless of where the act or omission occurs, unless the disaster service worker's conduct is willful. This immunity would ... more |
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AB 42 AJR 42 Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 07/29/2010 |
| Summary: AJR 42 would express the Legislature’s support for HR 4796, the Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act, a bipartisan effort in Congress that will allow parties to more quickly settle claims involving Medicare beneficiaries, to accurately determine the amount owed Medicare, and to make prompt payment to the Medicare Trust.... more |
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AB 83 Torts: Personal Liability Immunity
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 06/30/2009 |
| Summary: AB 83 responds to a decision by the California Supreme Court which narrowly held that California's "Good Samaritan" law provides immunity from civil liability to persons providing assistance in an emergency only to those persons qualified to provide emergency medical care. AB 83 provides that in addition to the immunity provided to medical, law en... more |
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SB 119 Professional Liability Insurance: Insurers: Bad Faith
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 07/21/2009 |
| Summary: SB 119 extends for two-years the qualified immunity of insurance companies that issue professional liability policies to health care providers for good faith statements regarding notices of nonrenewal.... more |
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SB 226 Identity Theft
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 07/21/2009 |
| Summary: SB 226 provides that where multiple identity thefts involving the same defendants have occurred in multiple locations, jurisdiction for all of the offenses is proper in any county where one of the offenses occurred.... more |
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SB 393 Judgments: Interest
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/14/2009 |
| Summary: SB 393 would provide that interest on a judgment accrues at the federal short-term rate plus 2%, except as otherwise provided in a written contract, not to exceed 10% per annum. ... more |
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AB 470 Insurance Information Confidential
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 06/30/2009 |
| Summary: AB 470 authorizes the disclosure of information from an accident report, supplemental report or investigative report to an insured’s lawyer if the insured is otherwise entitled to obtain the report as specified. ... more |
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SB 942 State Auditor: Analysis of Regulations
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/16/2010 |
| Summary: SB 942 would establish an Economic Analysis Unit within the Office of Administrative Law to review final revised cost estimates of regulations having an estimated cost exceeding $50,000.... more |
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SB 1087 Identity Theft: Restitution
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 06/21/2010 |
| Summary: ACIC supports SB 1087 which requires a person convicted of the crime of identity theft to pay their victims, as part of their restitution, the costs associated with a credit monitoring service and the costs to repair their credit for a reasonable period of time in order to make the victims whole.... more |
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SB 1351 Office of Administrative Law
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/08/2010 |
| Summary: SB 1351 would amend the Administrative Procedure Act to revise the definition of "clarity" to add that regulations must include all implementation schedules and forms necessary for the public to comply with the regulation.... more |
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AB 2284 Jury Trials: Rules of Court
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 08/26/2010 |
| Summary: AB 2284 would establish procedures for conducting expedited jury trials in California.... more |
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AB 2395 Justified Complaint Investigation
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/05/2010 |
| Summary: AB 2395 is designed to streamline the investigation of consumer complaints by ensuring that the complaint receives the proper attention by both the department and the insurer. ... more |
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AB 2740 Civil Actions: Damages
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| ACIC Position: Support |
| Last ACIC Action: 04/28/2010 |
| Summary: AB 2740 would amend California tort law to (1) limit punitive damage awards to an amount equal to treble damages, (2) impose a statutory limit of $250,000 on awards for noneconomic damages, and (3) provide that punitive damages could not be awarded in product liability actions where the product received government approval or met applicable govern... more |
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