New Jersey Statutes 17B:27A-10.11. Annual report
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17B:27A-10.11
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. (1) The board shall engage and cooperate with an independent certified public accountant to perform an audit for each benefit year of the plan, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The audit shall at a minimum:
(a) assess compliance with the requirements of this act; and
(b) identify any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies and address manners in which to correct any such material weaknesses or deficiencies.
(2) The board, after receiving the completed audit, shall:
(a) provide the commissioner the results of the audit excluding any proprietary information;
(b) identify to the commissioner any material weakness or significant deficiency identified in the audit and address in writing to the commissioner how the board recommends to correct any such material weakness or significant deficiency in compliance with this subsection; and
(c) make available to the public a summary of the results of the audit by posting the summary on the department website and making the summary otherwise available, including any material weakness or significant deficiency and how the board intends to correct the material weakness or significant deficiency.
c. Documents, materials or other information that are in the possession or control of the commissioner or the board and that are obtained by or disclosed to the commissioner, the board, or any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made pursuant to this act shall be confidential by law and privileged and shall not be subject to disclosure or dissemination under P.L.1963, c.71 (C. 47:1A-1 et seq.), or any other act. However, the commissioner is authorized to use the documents, materials or other information in the furtherance of any regulatory or legal action brought as a part of the commissioner’s official duties. The commissioner shall not otherwise make the documents, materials or other information public without the prior written consent of the carrier.
L.2018, c.24, s.12.