You Can Receive Actual Expense Insurance Just by Requesting at the Hospital... Insurance Business Act Passed by the National Assembly

National Assembly Holds Plenary Session and Passes Over 90 Bills
'Mugshot Law' for Public Disclosure of Serious Crime Suspects' Faces
Protection Birth System, Jeong Sunshin Prevention Law, and Others Passed by National Assembly

The amendment to the Insurance Business Act, which allows patients to easily claim indemnity insurance, passed the National Assembly on the 6th. In addition, the so-called 'Mugshot Law,' which discloses the faces of suspects in serious crimes, and a bill introducing a protected childbirth system to prevent infant abandonment also passed the National Assembly.

On that day, the National Assembly held a plenary session and approved about 90 bills, including the bill on the disclosure of personal information of suspects in certain serious crimes and the amendment to the Insurance Business Act. These bills, which were brought to the plenary session on the 21st of last month, were not approved at that time due to the passage of a motion to consent to the arrest of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea.

The amendment to the Insurance Business Act mainly allows medical institutions to electronically submit documents related to insurance claims to insurance companies upon the patient's request. According to the amendment, insurance companies can establish and operate a computerized system for claiming indemnity medical insurance benefits, and medical institutions such as hospitals can send related documents to insurance companies upon the subscriber's request.

On the 6th, the partial amendment to the Insurance Business Act was passed at the plenary session of the National Assembly.
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The 'Mugshot Law,' which passed the National Assembly on that day, stipulates that photos taken by investigative agencies must be disclosed within 30 days from the date of the decision to disclose personal information. Forced photography is also possible if necessary. This amendment was prepared in response to calls to strengthen the effectiveness of the personal information disclosure system for suspects in serious crimes, following a series of heinous crimes involving violence against unspecified many people. The scope of crimes subject to personal information disclosure, which was limited to specific violent crimes or sexual offenses, has been expanded to include rebellion, foreign exchange crimes, organized crime groups, sexual crimes against children and adolescents, and drug-related crimes.

The amendment related to the protected childbirth system, which allows pregnant women to give birth anonymously, also passed. At the plenary session that day, the Special Act on Support for Crisis Pregnancy, Protected Childbirth, and Child Protection was approved. According to this, pregnant women in crisis will be supported to give birth anonymously at hospitals. This was created to support cases where women choose to give birth outside the hospital due to concerns about their identity being revealed. On that day, Kang Eun-mi of the Justice Party and Kang Sung-hee of the Progressive Party held opposing debates, but the final vote was 133 in favor, 33 against, and 64 abstentions out of 230 present members.

On the 6th, the bill concerning the disclosure of personal information of suspects in specific serious crimes was passed in the plenary session of the National Assembly. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Furthermore, the National Assembly also passed the so-called 'Jeong Soon-shin Prevention Law,' which allows students who are victims of school violence or their guardians to report to the superintendent if the school delays measures against the offending student. According to the amendment to the Act on Prevention and Countermeasures against School Violence passed this time, if the education superintendent or school principal delays or fails to take measures or disciplinary action against the offending student, the victim or their guardian can report this to the superintendent. The amendment also includes a provision that if the offender files a lawsuit against the disciplinary action, the court must issue a final judgment within a maximum of seven months.

In addition, the National Assembly passed amendments to the Brain Research Promotion Act, which establishes institutional measures for the promotion of third-generation treatment fields related to brain diseases and the development of the brain industry, and the Road Traffic Act amendment, which allows chartered buses, not just school buses, for field trips such as school excursions.

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