Section 3432. Immunity; reports to certain public officials and to designated organizations  


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  • (a) In the absence  of  fraud  or  bad  faith,  there  shall  be  no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of
      any nature shall arise against, an insurer or a hospital or  any  person
      acting on their behalf, with respect to obligations and duties performed
      pursuant to the sections referred to in subsection (b) hereof.
        (b) The immunity shall apply to:
        (1) reports and statements, made in good faith, to the commissioner of
      motor vehicles required by subsection (l) of section three thousand four
      hundred eleven of this article;
        (2)    information,    reports,   notification   and   assistance   in
      investigations, made in the absence of fraud or bad faith,  pursuant  to
      section  three  thousand  four  hundred  twelve of this article and this
      immunity  extends  to  a  central   organization   designated   by   the
      superintendent  pursuant  to  such  section  or any person acting on its
      behalf;
        (3) reports required by section three hundred fifteen of this chapter,
      made in good faith (which shall be presumed)  and  without  malice,  and
      this immunity includes any liability, civil or criminal;
        (4)  information, reports, assistance in investigations, notification,
      made in the absence of  fraud  or  bad  faith,  to  any  authorized  law
      enforcement  agency  pursuant  to section three hundred nineteen of this
      chapter, and this immunity, civil or criminal, extends to an  authorized
      law  enforcement  agency defined in such section or any person acting on
      its behalf; and
        (5) reports  required  by  section  three  hundred  eighteen  of  this
      chapter,  made  in  the  absence  of  fraud  or  bad faith, to a central
      organization designated by the superintendent, and this immunity extends
      to the central organization or any person acting on its behalf.
        (6) information required by the insurer or provided by the insurer  in
      the  absence  of fraud or bad faith to a local fire investigation agency
      pursuant to section three thousand four hundred fifteen of this article.