Bill Text: NY S06995 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes any prosecutor of competent jurisdiction to receive referrals from certain agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-19 - referred to health [S06995 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06995-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6995
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 11, 2014
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       Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  authorizing  any
         prosecutor of competent jurisdiction to receive referrals from certain
         agencies
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 32 of the public  health  law,  as
    2  added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
    3    7.  to  make  information  and evidence relating to suspected criminal
    4  acts which he or she may obtain in carrying out his or her duties avail-
    5  able to appropriate law enforcement officials and to  consult  with  the
    6  deputy  attorney general for Medicaid fraud control, the welfare inspec-
    7  tor general, and other state and federal law enforcement  officials  for
    8  coordination of criminal investigations and prosecutions.
    9    The inspector shall refer suspected fraud or criminality to the deputy
   10  attorney  general for Medicaid fraud control OR ANY PROSECUTOR OF COMPE-
   11  TENT JURISDICTION and make any other referrals to such  deputy  attorney
   12  general  OR  SUCH PROSECUTOR as required or contemplated by federal law.
   13  At any time after such referral, with ten days  written  notice  to  the
   14  deputy  attorney general for Medicaid fraud control or such shorter time
   15  as such deputy attorney general consents to,  the  inspector  may  addi-
   16  tionally provide relevant information about suspected fraud or criminal-
   17  ity  to  any  other  federal  or  state  law enforcement agency that the
   18  inspector deems appropriate under the circumstances;
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00487-01-3