PRINTER'S NO. 1443
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1349
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PICKETT AND DeLUCA, MAY 5, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, MAY 5, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), entitled
"An act relating to insurance; establishing an insurance
department; and amending, revising, and consolidating the law
relating to the licensing, qualification, regulation,
examination, suspension, and dissolution of insurance
companies, Lloyds associations, reciprocal and inter-
insurance exchanges, and certain societies and orders, the
examination and regulation of fire insurance rating bureaus,
and the licensing and regulation of insurance agents and
brokers; the service of legal process upon foreign insurance
companies, associations or exchanges; providing penalties,
and repealing existing laws," in insurance producers, further
providing for powers and duties of department, for
application for insurance producer license, for license
renewals and for prohibited acts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 602-A(b)(1), 605-A(a)(2), 608-A(a) and
611-A(19) of the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known as
The Insurance Department Act of 1921, are amended to read:
Section 602-A. Powers and duties of department.
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(b) Authorizations.--The commissioner may do all of the
following:
(1) Secure or require any documents or information,
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including fingerprints, reasonably necessary to verify the
accuracy of information provided on an application. The
information provided under this subsection shall not be
limited by 18 Pa.C.S. § 9121(b)(2) (relating to general
regulations).
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Section 605-A. Application for insurance producer license.
(a) Individual application.--An applicant with a principal
place of residence or business within this Commonwealth may
apply to the department for a resident insurance producer
license. An applicant with a principal place of residence or
business outside this Commonwealth may apply for a nonresident
insurance producer license. An applicant shall submit to the
department:
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(2) the applicant's fingerprints, in order for the
department to receive national criminal history records
information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal
Justice Information Services Division[;], and the information
provided under this subsection shall not be limited by 18
Pa.C.S. § 9121(b)(2) (relating to general regulations);
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Section 608-A. License renewals.
(a) General rule.--A licensee may request renewal of the
license. The licensee shall remit to the department a completed
renewal form, the required fee and verification that the
licensee has completed the continuing education required by this
act. A resident licensee that has not previously submitted
fingerprints to the department shall also submit the licensee's
fingerprints and the fee in order to permit the department to
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receive national criminal history records information from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information
Services Division. Upon receipt and review, the department shall
renew the license unless it determines that the licensee is not
in compliance with this act. The information provided under this
subsection shall not be limited by 18 Pa.C.S. § 9121(b)(2)
(relating to general regulations).
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Section 611-A. Prohibited acts.
A licensee or applicant for an insurance producer license
shall not:
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(19) Fail to notify the department of a change of
address, telephone number and email address within 30 days.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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