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SB 1178 Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward.
Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward; duties of the State Inspector General. Reduces the minimum recovery required for an award from the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund from $10,000 to $5,000 and expands the purposes for which the Fund may be used to include supporting the administration of the Fund, defraying Fund advertising costs, and subsidizing the operation of the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline, all expenditures for which are capped at five percent of the Fund. Under the bill, all moneys recovered by the Office of the State Inspector General as a result of whistle blower activity and alerts originating in the Office shall be deposited into the Fund. The bill also provides that by the end of each quarter 85 percent of all sums recovered be remitted to the institutions or agencies on whose behalf the recovered sums were secured, unless otherwise directed by a court of law. In addition, the bill (i) authorizes the State Inspector General to split a reward among multiple whistle blowers reporting the same qualifying incident of wrongdoing or abuse, (ii) requires the State Inspector General to submit an annual report to the General Assembly summarizing the activities of the Fund, and (iii) changes the name of the State Employee Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline to the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill is identical to HB 1845.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101462D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/13 Senate: Floor substitute printed to Web only 13104624D-S1 (Ruff) pdf
- 01/29/13 Senate: Floor substitute printed 13104714D-S2 (Ruff) pdf
- 02/19/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1178ER) pdf
- 03/21/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101462D
- 01/09/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/21/13 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/23/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/13 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/13 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/13 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/13 Senate: Floor substitute printed to Web only 13104624D-S1 (Ruff)
- 01/29/13 Senate: Floor substitute printed 13104714D-S2 (Ruff)
- 01/29/13 Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/13 Senate: Substitute #1 by Senator Ruff withdrawn
- 01/29/13 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/13 Senate: Substitute #2 by Senator Ruff agreed to 13104714D-S2
- 01/29/13 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1178S2
- 01/29/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/13 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/13 House: Read first time
- 02/02/13 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/07/13 House: Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/13 House: Read second time
- 02/12/13 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/13/13 House: Read third time
- 02/13/13 House: Passed House (99-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/13 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 1-N)
- 02/19/13 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/19/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1178ER)
- 02/19/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/21/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 690 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/21/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)