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Senate Bill 11

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Last Action	to Judiciary (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to false claims.
Bill Documents	Bill
Bill Request Number	313
Sponsors	T. Jensen, J. Rhoads
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to establish a civil mechanism for the recovery of false or fraudulent claims made against the Commonwealth's Medicaid System, including provisions increasing damages and civil penalties against wrongdoers, delineating mandatory and discretionary activities of the Attorney General, authorizing private litigants to bring claims in the name of the state against wrongdoers, establishing procedural mechanisms for handling civil actions of this type in the courts, prohibiting retaliation against employees who assist in suits of this type, and establishing time limitations for the filing of these suits.
Index Headings of Original Version	Attorney General - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Claims - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Courts - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Health and Medical Services - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Medicaid - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud State Agencies - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Civil Actions - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud
Proposed Amendments	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Votes	Vote History

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01/04/11	introduced in Senate to Judiciary (S) taken from Judiciary (S) 1st reading returned to Judiciary (S)
01/05/11	taken from Judiciary (S) 2nd reading returned to Judiciary (S)
01/06/11	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
01/07/11	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 7, 2011 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute
02/02/11	received in House
02/04/11	to Judiciary (H)

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Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Amend to require prior notice to an employer of wrongdoing within that company prior to the employee filing suit; amend KRS 205.8467 to provide that false claims act liability takes priority and offsets laibility imposed by that section.
Index Headings	Attorney General - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Claims - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Courts - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Health and Medical Services - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Medicaid - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud State Agencies - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud Civil Actions - False claims, civil recovery for Medicaid Fraud

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