Workers' compensation: individual identifiable information.

Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, administered by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation, to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of his or her employment. Existing law provides that a person or public or private entity who is not a party to a claim for workers' compensation benefits may not obtain individually identifiable information, as defined, that is obtained or maintained by the Division of Workers' Compensation of the Department of Industrial Relations on that claim, except as specified. This bill would authorize the Department of Insurance to use individually identifiable information for purposes of investigating and prosecuting insurance fraud.