Bill Text: TX HB1918 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a defense to prosecution of the offense of Medicaid fraud.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB1918 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1918-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Creighton H.B. No. 1918
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  rela
  ting to a defense to prosecution of the offense of Medicaid
  fraud.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 35A.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (g) to read as follows.
         (g)  It is not a defense to prosecution under this chapter
  that the Medicaid program has received or recouped funds
  representing repayment for the fraudulent act or acts, in whole or
  in part, which are the basis for the criminal charge for which the
  defendant is indicted.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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