Senate Bill No. 507

(By Senator Minard)

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[Introduced March 16, 2001; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend chapter thirty-three of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated article six-f, relating to the privacy rights of West Virginia insureds; and providing for commissioner authority to promulgate rules in accordance with Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Pub. L. 106-102 (1999).

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That chapter thirty-three of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated article six-f, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6F. DISCLOSURE OF NONPUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION.
§33-6f-1. Privacy; rules.
(a) No person shall disclose any nonpublic personal information contrary to the provisions of Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Pub. L. 106-102 (1999).
(b) On or before the first day of July, two thousand one, the commissioner shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with article twenty, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code necessary to carry out the provisions of Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Pub. L. 106-102 (1999) and this article.

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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to comply with Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, a federal law which requires states to enact privacy rules applicable to the transaction of insurance.

This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.)