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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 565

Medicaid Fraud Control Act; revise several provisions of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Medicaid Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-213, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROHIBITION ON MAKING FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIMS FOR MEDICAID BENEFITS TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES THOSE TYPES OF CLAIMS AND IMPOSE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-13-222, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE ACTIONS TO BE BROUGHT BY PRIVATE PERSONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-223, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CIVIL ACTIONS BROUGHT UNDER THE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-13-218, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STANDARD OF PROOF IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT UNDER THE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL ACT SHALL BE BY PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-13-224, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ISSUE AND SERVE SUBPOENAS IN CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS INTO FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIMS UNDER THE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 10 to February 1, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 days

MedicaidJan 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 10 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committees on Medicaid and on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Medicaid;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives