1.Recorded personal information.
If any insurance consumer, after proper identification, submits a written request to a regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization for access to recorded personal information about the consumer that is reasonably described by the consumer and reasonably locatable and retrievable by the regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization, the regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization shall, within 30 days after the date the request is received:
2.Resident considered consumer.
For purposes of this section and section 2211, as applied to insurance support organizations, any resident of this State is considered an insurance consumer.
3.Institutional source.
Any personal information provided pursuant to subsection
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1.
Recorded personal information.
If any insurance consumer, after proper identification, submits a written request to a regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization for access to recorded personal information about the consumer that is reasonably described by the consumer and reasonably locatable and retrievable by the regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization, the regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization shall, within 30 days after the date the request is received:
2.
Resident considered consumer.
For purposes of this section and section 2211, as applied to insurance support organizations, any resident of this State is considered an insurance consumer.
3.
Institutional source.
Any personal information provided pursuant to subsection 1 must identify the source of the information if it is an institutional source.
4.
Election relating to health care information.
In lieu of disclosure directly to the consumer, the carrier or producer may elect to disclose health care information, together with the identity of the health care provider who provided the information, to a person designated by the consumer who is licensed to provide health care with respect to the condition to which the information relates. The regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization shall notify the consumer at the time of the disclosure that it has provided the information to the health care practitioner.
5.
Fee.
Except for personal information provided under section 2212, a regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization may charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs incurred in providing a copy of recorded personal information to consumers.
6.
Satisfaction by other carrier, producer or administrator.
The obligations imposed by this section upon a regulated insurance entity may be satisfied by another carrier, producer or administrator authorized to act on its behalf. With respect to the copying and disclosure of recorded personal information pursuant to a request under subsection 1, a regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization may make arrangements with an insurance support organization or a consumer reporting agency to copy and disclose recorded personal information on its behalf.
7.
Confidential investigative information.
Confidential investigative information and personal information in which a 3rd person has a nondisclosure right pursuant to section 2215 are not subject to the provisions of this section.
8.
Applicability.
This section does not apply to a consumer reporting agency except to the extent that this section imposes more stringent requirements on a consumer reporting agency than other state or federal law.