West Virginia House Bill 5391

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill relates to creating the False Claims Act. The bill amends the fraud and abuse provisions in Medicaid program to provide for damages under the False Claims Act; sets forth prohibited acts, damages, costs and civil penalties, limitations on damages, and responsibilities of the Attorney General; provides for civil actions by private persons, rights of parties to qui tam proceedings, awards to qui tam plaintiffs, the barring of certain civil actions; provides that state is not liable for the expenses of private litigants; provides for private action for retaliatory conduct, limitation of actions, retroactive application, and state intervention in action by private person; addresses estoppel, jurisdiction and venue, nonexclusivity of act, liberality of construction, and distribution of proceeds.

Creating the False Claims Act

Del. Brandon Steele [R]	Del. Shawn Fluharty [D]	Del. Joey Garcia [D]	Del. Todd Kirby [R]
Del. William Nestor [R]	Del. Doug Smith [R]	Del. Marty Gearheart [R]	Del. Chris Pritt [R]
Del. Pat McGeehan [R]	Del. Chris Phillips [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2024-01-31	House	Introduced in House
2024-01-31	House	To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2024-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
14	4	1	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	10	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	11	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	12	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	2	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	3	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	4	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	5	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	6	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	7	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	8	New Code	See Bill Text
14	4	9	New Code	See Bill Text
9	7	6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5391&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5391%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5391
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=892366340