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	<YEAR>2012</YEAR>
	<SESSION>Regular Session</SESSION>
	<SHORTTITLE>Workers' compensation; increase criminal fines for fraud/prohibit benefits if employee knowingly makes false representations.</SHORTTITLE>
	<LONGTITLE>AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-3-69, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE CRIMINAL FINES FOR MISREPRESENTATION TO OBTAIN WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYMENTS OR BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAYMENTS OR BENEFITS IF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION OR THE COMMISSION DETERMINES THAT THE EMPLOYEE KNOWINGLY MADE FALSE REPRESENTATIONS TO SECURE BENEFITS; TO AMEND SECTION 7-5-309, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE CRIMINAL FINES FOR INSURANCE FRAUD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.</LONGTITLE>
	<DATETIMELASTCHG>03/06/12 at 16:59</DATETIMELASTCHG>
 
	<MEASURE>
		<MSR_HS>S</MSR_HS>
		<MSR_TYPE>B</MSR_TYPE>
		<MSR_NUM>2649</MSR_NUM>
		<FORMAT_MSRID>Senate Bill 2649</FORMAT_MSRID>
		<SHORT_MSRID>SB 2649</SHORT_MSRID>
		<OWNER>S</OWNER>
	</MEASURE>
 
	<BACKGROUND>
		<DISPOSITION>Dead</DISPOSITION>
		<DEADLINE>General Bill/Constitutional Amendment</DEADLINE>
		<REVENUE>No</REVENUE>
		<VOTETYPE>Majority</VOTETYPE>
		<EFFECTIVEDATE>July 1, 2012</EFFECTIVEDATE>
	</BACKGROUND>
	<COMMITTEES>
		<SENATE>
			<S_NAME>Insurance</S_NAME>
			<S_INCMTE>T</S_INCMTE>
			<S_LINK>../../Senate_cmtes/IN.xml</S_LINK>
		</SENATE>
	</COMMITTEES>
	<AUTHORS>
		<PRINCIPAL>
			<P_NAME>Longwitz *</P_NAME>
			<P_LINK>../../Senate_authors/Longwitz.xml</P_LINK>
		</PRINCIPAL>
	</AUTHORS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>071-0003-0069</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/071/00030069.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<CODESECTIONS>
		<AFFECT>A</AFFECT>
		<SECTION>007-0005-0309</SECTION>
		<SECTIONLINK>../../code_sections/007/00050309.xml</SECTIONLINK>
	</CODESECTIONS>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 1</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>02/20 (S) Referred To Insurance</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 2</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>03/06 (S) Died In Committee</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<DOCUMENTS>
		<CURRENT>
			<CURRENT_PDF>../../../../documents/2012/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2649IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF>
			<CURRENT_OTHER>../../../../documents/2012/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2649IN.htm</CURRENT_OTHER>
		</CURRENT>
		<INTRO>
			<INTRO_PDF>../../../../documents/2012/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2649IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF>
			<INTRO_OTHER>../../../../documents/2012/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2649IN.htm</INTRO_OTHER>
		</INTRO>
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