House Bill hb1217

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1217

        By Representative Kendrick






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid fraud; amending s.

  3         409.9205, F.S.; deleting a restriction on the

  4         inclusion of investigators employed by the

  5         Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Special Risk

  6         Class of the Florida Retirement System;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 409.9205, Florida Statutes, is

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13         409.9205  Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; law enforcement

14  officers.--All investigators employed by the Medicaid Fraud

15  Control Unit who have been certified under s. 943.1395 are law

16  enforcement officers of the state. Such investigators have the

17  authority to conduct criminal investigations, bear arms, make

18  arrests, and apply for, serve, and execute search warrants,

19  arrest warrants, capias, and other process throughout the

20  state pertaining to Medicaid fraud as described in this

21  chapter. The Attorney General shall provide reasonable notice

22  of criminal investigations conducted by the Medicaid Fraud

23  Control Unit to, and coordinate those investigations with, the

24  sheriffs of the respective counties. Investigators employed by

25  the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit are not eligible for

26  membership in the Special Risk Class of the Florida Retirement

27  System under s. 121.0515.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1217

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      Eliminates a prohibition against investigators employed
  4    by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit being eligible for
      membership in the Special Risk Class of the Florida
  5    Retirement System.

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