2019 New York Laws
ISC - Insurance
Article 3 - Administrative and Procedural Provisions
340 - Report of Claims That May Result in a Monetary Award.

§  340.  Report  of  claims  that  may result in a monetary award. (a)
Definition; for the purposes of this section:
  "Central reporting organization" shall mean any entity which  receives
from,  assimilates  or  disseminates  information  to  insurers  or  the
department of social services regarding bodily  injury,  wrongful  death
and death benefits.
  (b)  Insurers  shall  report  within  a reasonable period of time to a
central reporting organization of its  choosing  all  claims  filed  for
bodily  injury, wrongful death and death benefits under any policy which
provides coverage for liability for injury to person, except claims  for
medical  malpractice,  workers'  compensation or other similar insurance
required by law, and comprehensive motor vehicle  insurance  reparations
benefits.   The central reporting organization shall in turn report this
information to the department of social services.
  (c) An insurer shall be deemed to  be in compliance with this  section
if  such  information was reported within a reasonable period of time to
the central reporting organization with which the insurer contracts.
  (d) In the absence of fraud or bad faith for failure to make  or  file
any  report  pursuant to this section, no person subject to this section
or acting under authority of this section  shall  be  subject  to  civil
liability,  and no civil cause of action shall arise against such person
for the furnishing of any information pursuant to this section.  Nothing
herein shall abrogate or  modify  in  any  way  an  immunity  privilege,
provided in statute or by common law.
  (e)  No  person  making  any  report pursuant to this section shall be
compelled to provide such information, or any  report  thereof,  to  the
superintendent.
  (f)  Insurers  or  central reporting organizations complying with this
section shall have immunity in accordance  with  provisions  of  section
50.20 of the criminal procedure law.
  (g) Personally identifying information about applicants and recipients
of  public assistance obtained through the establishment or operation of
any reporting program established by this section by the  department  of
social  services,  social services districts or by a contractor shall be
kept confidential in accordance with section one hundred  thirty-six  of
the  social services law and the regulations of the department of social
services.