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General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5491

 

January Session, 2007

 

LCO No. 1656

   

Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. JANOWSKI, 56th Dist.

 

AN ACT PREVENTING IDENTITY THEFT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That part I of chapter 700c of the general statutes be amended to prohibit health insurers from using the Social Security numbers of their insureds as policy numbers for such insureds.

Statement of Purpose:

To help reduce the incidence of identity theft.