STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 704	By:	Bingman

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to Insure Oklahoma; amending 56 O.S. 2011, Section 1005.1, which relates to definitions; clarifying language; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     56 O.S. 2011, Section 1005.1, is amended to read as follows:
Section 1005.1.  A.  As used in this section:
1.  "Administrative sanction" means the court may enter an order making entered by a court which makes an individual who violates a provision of this section ineligible for assistance for a specified period of time.  Such order shall be communicated to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Legal Division; and
2.  "Insure Oklahoma" means the program administered by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority pursuant to Sections 1010.1 through 1010.13 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title.
B.  Any individual who:
1.  Obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids, abets or assists any individual to obtain, by means of a false statement or representation, or by false impersonation, or by a fictitious transfer, conveyance or encumbrance of property or income, or by a knowing and willful failure to report to the Department of Human Services or the Oklahoma Health Care Authority income, personal property, real property, household members, or other material eligibility factors at the time of application or during the receipt of assistance, or by other fraudulent device, assistance to which an applicant is not entitled or assistance greater than that to which an applicant is justly entitled shall be guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony;
2.  By sale, barter, purchase, theft, acquisition, possession or use of any medical identification card or any other device authorizing participation in the Oklahoma Medicaid Program, knowingly obtains, aids, abets or assists any individual to obtain or attempt to obtain assistance to which an individual is not entitled shall be guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony; or
3.  Attempts to obtain Medicaid or Insure Oklahoma benefits by omitting income, personal property, household members, or other material eligibility factors shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by either a fine of three times the amount of assistance, or up to three (3) months in the county jail.  In addition, the individual may also be punished by an administrative sanction regarding Medicaid benefits.  The court shall have discretion in determining penalties.
C.  If the acts in either paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection B of this section or both paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection B of this section cause the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to determine that an individual or family is eligible for Medicaid or the Insure Oklahoma program and the aggregate amount of assistance paid on behalf of the individual or individuals is less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), the penalty, upon conviction, shall be a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both a fine and imprisonment for three (3) months or an administrative sanction regarding Medicaid benefits in the discretion of the court.  If the acts in paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection B of this section or both paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection B of this section cause the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to determine an individual or family eligible for Medicaid or the Insure Oklahoma program and the aggregate amount of assistance paid on behalf of the individual or individuals is equal to or greater than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), the penalty, upon conviction, shall be a felony punishable by fine or imprisonment or both a fine and imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or an administrative sanction regarding Medicaid benefits in the discretion of the court.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

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