§ 17:33A-24 — Additional duties of office; annual report.

40. The Attorney General shall direct the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor to: a. Confer from time to time with departments or other units of State government which have units which investigate fraud, in order to coordinate activities, share information, and provide any assistance necessary to any State agency in overseeing administrative enforcement activities; b. Formulate and evaluate proposals for legislative, administrative and judicial initiatives to strengthen insurance fraud enforcement; c. In connection with insurance fraud enforcement activities, act as the liaison for the Executive Branch of government with agencies involved in insurance fraud enforcement outside the Executive Branch, including federal agencies and the Judiciary; d. Provide an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, no later than March 1 of each year, as to the activities of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor for the preceding twelve months, including, but not limited to, the number of cases referred, the number of cases investigated, the number of cases in which professional licenses were suspended or revoked, by type of license, the number of cases prosecuted, the number of convictions procured, and the aggregate amount of money collected in fines and returned in restitution to insurers or others. L.1998,c.21,s.40.