Ins. Code, § 13551 · Article 8. Insurance Payment Intercept Program
Ins. Code, § 13551
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer or insurance company, its directors, agents, and employees, an insured individual on whose behalf the company makes a payment, and a central reporting organization and its respective employees and agents authorized by an insurer to act on its behalf who, in good faith, release information in accordance with this article, withhold amounts from payment based on the latest information supplied by the Department of Child Support Services pursuant to Section 13550, or make disbursements in accordance with Section 13550 shall be in compliance with this section and any applicable fair claim settlement act, and shall be immune from any liability to the claimant or other interested party arising from the payment.
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History
Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 2802) Effective January 1, 2019. Operative January 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 13555.
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