Senate Bill sb1506

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1506

    By Senator Garcia





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Retirement

  3         System; amending s. 409.9205, F.S.; deleting a

  4         provision that makes investigators of the

  5         Medicaid Fraud Control Unit ineligible for

  6         membership in the Special Risk Class of the

  7         system; 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

12  amended to read:

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

17  the authority to conduct criminal investigations, bear arms,

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

19  warrants, arrest warrants, capias, and other process

20  throughout the state pertaining to Medicaid fraud as described

21  in this chapter.  The Attorney General shall provide

22  reasonable notice of criminal investigations conducted by the

23  Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to, and coordinate those

24  investigations with, the sheriffs of the respective counties.

25  Investigators employed by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit are

26  not eligible for membership in the Special Risk Class of the

27  Florida Retirement System under s. 121.0515.

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

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1506
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  3    Deletes a provision that makes Medicaid fraud control
      investigators ineligible for membership in the Special
  4    Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System.

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