Bill Text: IN SB0559 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Fraud.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 197 [SB0559 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0559-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 12-7-2-137; IC 12-15-2-20.
Synopsis: Fraud. Sets forth the Medicaid ineligibility time frame for
a person who is convicted of forgery, fraud, legend drug deception, and
other deceptions related to the application for or receipt of Medicaid
assistance.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider
Services.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
fraud.
(b) "Person", for purposes of IC 12-13-14, has the meaning set forth in IC 12-13-14-1.
(c) "Person", for purposes of IC 12-17.2, means an individual who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age, a corporation, a partnership, a voluntary association, or other entity.
(d) "Person", for purposes of IC 12-15-2-20, means an individual who is:
(1) at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and
(2) applying for or receiving Medicaid assistance.
does not apply to a provider (as defined in IC 12-7-2-149.1(2)).
(b) (a) A person convicted of an offense under: IC 35-43-5-7.1
(1) IC 35-43-5; or
(2) IC 35-43-10;
related to the application for or receipt of Medicaid assistance is
ineligible to receive Medicaid assistance under this article for the
following time:
(1) One (1) year if the conviction is for the person's first
offense.
(2) Two (2) years if the conviction is for the person's second
offense.
(3) Ten (10) years after if the conviction is for the person's third
or subsequent offense.
(b) A person's ineligibility period for Medicaid assistance
described in subsection (a) begins either:
(1) on the date the person is sentenced, if the person's sentence
does not include incarceration; or
(2) on the date the individual is released from incarceration.
(c) Upon receipt of substantiated evidence that a person has
committed fraud concerning the application for or receipt of
Medicaid assistance, the office may remove the person from
receiving Medicaid assistance.
(d) The office may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement
this section.