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2007 SESSION
SB 1183 False medical claim; increases civil penalty for attempt to defraud State.
Introduced by: Martin E. Williams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Civil actions brought by private persons benefiting Commonwealth; medical payments by Commonwealth; false claims; statute of limitations. Removes motion for judgment language and replaces it with complaint language in actions under Article 19.1 (§ 8.01-216.1 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 8.01. The bill also increases the minimum (to $5,500) and maximum (to $11,000) amount of a civil penalty for making a false claim to or attempting to defraud the Commonwealth. The bill also states that a violator of § 8.01-216.3 shall be liable for reasonable attorney fees and costs associated with maintaining a civil action under § 8.01-216.3. Such fees and costs are to be paid to the Attorney General's Office. The bill also includes civil actions brought by the Attorney General based on a false claim made to the Commonwealth (§ 8.01-216.4) under § 8.01-216.9, the statute promulgating the procedure for maintaining such action and the statute of limitations that would apply to such action. The bill also provides that civil fraud actions brought by the Commonwealth to recover medical payments or benefits provided directly or indirectly by the Commonwealth must be brought within six years of the date on which the violation was committed, or within three years after the fraud was discovered or reasonably should have been discovered. An action cannot be brought more than 10 years after the fraud occurred regardless of when it was discovered.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 076086105 pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/07 Senate: Printed as engrossed 076086105-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1183ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/03/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 076086105
- 01/10/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/07 Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/07 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/31/07 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/31/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1183E
- 01/31/07 Senate: Printed as engrossed 076086105-E
- 02/01/07 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/06/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/07 House: Read first time
- 02/06/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 House: Read second time
- 02/21/07 House: Read third time
- 02/21/07 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/07 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1183ER)
- 03/07/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 569 (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/03/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)