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1-1 Section 1. NRS 616B.012 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 616B.012 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in NRS

1-14 otherwise confidential information may be made available to:

2-1 (a) Any agency of this or any other state charged with the administration

2-2 or enforcement of laws relating to industrial insurance, unemployment

2-3 compensation, public assistance or labor law and industrial relations;

2-4 (b) Any state or local agency for the enforcement of child support;

2-5 (c) The Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury;

2-6 (d) The department of taxation; and

2-7 (e) The state contractors’ board in the performance of its duties to

2-8 enforce the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS.

2-9 Information obtained in connection with the administration of a program of

2-10 industrial insurance may be made available to persons or agencies for

2-11 purposes appropriate to the operation of a program of industrial insurance.

2-12 4. Upon written request made by a public officer of a local

2-13 government, an insurer shall furnish from its records, the name, address and

2-14 place of employment of any person listed in its records. The request must

2-15 set forth the social security number of the person about whom the request is

2-16 made and contain a statement signed by proper authority of the local

2-17 government certifying that the request is made to allow the proper authority

2-18 to enforce a law to recover a debt or obligation owed to the local

2-19 government. The information obtained by the local government is

2-20 confidential and may not be used or disclosed for any purpose other than

2-21 the collection of a debt or obligation owed to that local government. The

2-22 insurer may charge a reasonable fee for the cost of providing the requested

2-23 information.

2-24 5. To further a current criminal investigation, the chief executive

2-25 officer of any law enforcement agency of this state may submit to the

2-26 administrator a written request for the name, address and place of

2-27 employment of any person listed in the records of an insurer. The request

2-28 must set forth the social security number of the person about whom the

2-29 request is made and contain a statement signed by the chief executive

2-30 officer certifying that the request is made to further a criminal investigation

2-31 currently being conducted by the agency. Upon receipt of a request, the

2-32 administrator shall instruct the insurer to furnish the information requested.

2-33 Upon receipt of such an instruction, the insurer shall furnish the

2-34 information requested. The insurer may charge a reasonable fee to cover

2-35 any related administrative expenses.

2-36 6. [The] Upon request by the department of taxation, the

2-37 administrator shall provide [lists] :

2-38 (a) Lists containing the names and addresses of employers [, the number

2-39 of employees employed by each employer and the total wages paid by each

2-40 employer] ; and

3-1 (b) Other information concerning employers collected and maintained

3-2 by the administrator or the division to carry out the purposes of chapters

3-3 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS,

3-4 to the department [of taxation, upon request,] for its use in verifying returns

3-5 for the business tax. The administrator may charge a reasonable fee to

3-6 cover any related administrative expenses.

3-7 7. Any person who, in violation of this section, discloses information

3-8 obtained from files of claimants or policyholders, or obtains a list of

3-9 claimants or policyholders under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS

3-10 and uses or permits the use of the list for any political purposes, is guilty of

3-11 a gross misdemeanor.

3-12 8. All letters, reports or communications of any kind, oral or written,

3-13 from the insurer, or any of its agents, representatives or employees are

3-14 privileged and must not be the subject matter or basis for any lawsuit if the

3-15 letter, report or communication is written, sent, delivered or prepared

3-16 pursuant to the requirements of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS.

3-17 Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1999.