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Committee recommends bill creating state criminal penalties for certain kickbacks in public assistance programs
Summary
House File 2260 (carved from a larger DHS policy package) creates criminal penalties for illegal remuneration/kickbacks in Medical Assistance and the Child Care Assistance Program; DHS Office of Inspector General testified the change would align state law with federal Medicaid prohibitions and help investigators and prosecutors.
Representative Curran moved to recommend House File 2260 to the General Register; the committee voted in favor.
The representative said this bill carries the judiciary and public-safety portions of the Department of Human Services policy package and, for the committee's jurisdiction, creates criminal…
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