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Committee adopts A9 amendment and sends House File 2354 to General Register to reinforce Medicaid fraud enforcement
Summary
A House committee adopted an A9 amendment to House File 2354 that would provide ongoing, special-revenue funding to expand the Medicaid fraud control unit and change penalties and statutes to better prosecute large-scale medical assistance fraud; the bill was referred to the General Register by voice vote.
A House committee adopted an A9 amendment to House File 2354 and referred the bill to the General Register after Representative Norris said the change would provide ongoing funding and strengthen the state's ability to investigate Medicaid fraud.
Representative Norris told the committee the A9 amendment pulls the measure out of a broader human-services program-integrity package so it can travel as a standalone bill, makes conforming changes, and shifts the appropriation to a special revenue fund to provide…
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