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Senate committee hears bill to award state employees 10% of recovered savings for reporting fraud and waste
Summary
Senate Bill 450 would let the secretary of administration pay a state employee 10% of state savings realized from a report of fraud, waste or abuse after costs; reviser David Weese and proponent Sen. Mike Murphy outlined the proposal, and members raised concerns about caps, investigators' eligibility and partisan misuse. The committee closed the hearing with no vote and will meet Monday to work bills.
The Senate Committee on Government Efficiency opened a hearing on Senate Bill 450, which would authorize the secretary of administration, in consultation with the office of inspector general or the attorney general, to grant a monetary award equal to 10% of state savings realized from a state employee's report of fraud, waste or abuse, after deducting investigation and recovery costs, Reviser David Weese told the committee.
"If the secretary of administration, in consultation with the office of inspector general or the attorney general, determines that such report results in the saving of state funds, the amount of the award would be 10% of the savings realized by the state," Weese said, adding that awards would only be made if the state had actually collected the recovered funds and that disciplinary protections would be governed by the Kansas Whistleblower Act (KSA 75-29-73).
The bill's sole oral proponent, Senator…
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