Bill Text: TX SB810 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 810 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB810 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB810-Introduced.html



	By: Nichols	S.B. No. 810


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating 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.