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Committee advances MAP Act to expand Medicaid fraud enforcement staff, subpoena powers and penalties
Summary
The Judiciary Committee on April 4 recommended Senate File 2689, the Medical Assistance Protection (MAP) Act, to expand staffing and enforcement tools for Medicaid‑fraud investigations, including subpoena authority for financial records and updated criminal penalties.
The Judiciary Committee on April 4 laid the groundwork for tougher Medicaid‑fraud enforcement by recommending Senate File 2689, the Medical Assistance Protection Act, to the State and Local Government Committee.
Sen. Lindsey Johnson Stewart said the bill would add nine staff to the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit — expanding the unit from 32 to 41 investigators/prosecutors — and that federal matching funds would cover 75 percent of the new…
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