The Florida Senate

SB 2594: Medicaid Provider Fraud

GENERAL BILL by Diaz de la Portilla

Medicaid Provider Fraud; revises elements of offense of Medicaid provider fraud to require that person must have willfully engaged in certain prohibited activities rather than only knowingly engaged in those prohibited activities; provides that proof of false statement or representation gives rise to inference of willful submission of fraudulent claim under certain circumstances, etc. Amends 409.920; reenacts 921.0022(3)(g).

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/2/2004	Senate	• Filed
  3/16/2004	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 00304
  3/18/2004	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care, 03/23/04, 11:15 am, 412-K
  3/23/2004	Senate	• Favorable by Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; YEAS 9 NAYS 2 -SJ 00377
  3/24/2004	Senate	• Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00377
  4/8/2004	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/13/04, 12:30 pm, 37-S
  4/13/2004	Senate	• Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 3 -SJ 00582
  4/14/2004	Senate	• Now in Judiciary -SJ 00582
  4/30/2004	Senate	• Died in Committee on Judiciary

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• SB 2594, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2004 at 1:20 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/1/2004 (pdf) Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care (Post-Meeting) 3/18/2004 (pdf)

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  3/23/2004 11:15 AM	Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care	9 Yeas - 2 Nays
  4/14/2004 12:30 AM	Criminal Justice	5 Yeas - 3 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  409.920	Medicaid provider fraud.
  921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.

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