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Senate Bill 362 |
Senate Author: Janek |
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Effective: 5-4-07 |
House Sponsor: Gattis |
The federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 included incentives for states to comply with federal law relating to fraudulent or false claims under the Medicaid program. Texas Medicaid fraud prevention laws did not meet certain of those requirements. Senate Bill 362 amends the Human Resources Code to bring Texas law into compliance with federal law for purposes of qualifying for incentives. The bill increases the minimum civil penalty from $1,000 to $5,000 for certain Medicaid fraud cases and establishes the standard of proof for bringing an action in certain cases. Senate Bill 362 also includes provisions relating to a person proceeding with an action without the state's participation and limits on the amounts and the allocation of proceeds resulting from such cases.