S.F. No. 0081

Medicaid fraud recovery.

 

Sponsored By:     Senator(s) Peterson and Dockstader and Representative(s) Greene, Harvey and Miller

 

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; creating the Wyoming Medicaid False Claims Act; authorizing civil recoveries for the state as specified; prescribing duties of the attorney general; providing procedures; providing for a limitations period and applicability of the act; providing definitions; prescribing criminal penalties as specified for failure to maintain required records; creating a cause of action for retaliatory employment actions; and providing for an effective date.

 

2/14/2012   Bill Number Assigned

2/15/2012   S Received for Introduction

2/16/2012   S Introduced and Referred to S01

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Case, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Landen, Martin, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss, Schiffer, Scott and Von Flatern

Ayes 30    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/22/2012   S01 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Burns, Christensen, Esquibel, F., Hicks and Perkins

Ayes 5    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/22/2012   S Placed on General File

 

SF0081SS001/ADOPTED

Page 5-line 10          Delete "a reasonable time" insert "ninety (90) days".

Page 5-lines 16 and 17  Delete and renumber.

Page 5-line 19          Delete "(c)" insert "(b)".

Page 6-line 23          Delete through "under" insert "alleged violations of".

Page 7-line 4           After "agent" insert "of a person being investigated for a violation of W.S. 42‑4‑303(a)".

Page 7-line 5           After "entitled to" delete balance of line.

Page 7-line 6           Delete through "whole" insert "recover all economic losses suffered".

Page 7-lines 11 and 12  Delete.

Page 7-line 13          Delete "assistance in"; after "action" insert "reported,".

Page 7-line 14          After "action" insert "by an employee, contractor or agent".

Page 8-line 4           Delete "this act" insert "subsection (b) of this section".

Page 9-lines 23 and 24  Delete and renumber.

Page 10-line 2          Delete "(c)" insert "(b)".  PERKINS, CHAIRMAN

 

2/24/2012   S Passed CoW

2/27/2012   S Passed 2nd Reading

2/28/2012   S Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Case, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Dockstader, Driskill, Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Landen, Martin, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss, Schiffer, Scott and Von Flatern

Ayes 30    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/29/2012   H Received for Introduction

2/29/2012   H Introduced and Referred to H01

3/2/2012    H01 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Barbuto, Brown, Cannady, Greene, Krone, Nicholas, B., Peasley and Throne

Nays:  Representative(s) Brechtel

Ayes 8    Nays 1    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

3/2/2012    H Placed on General File; Did not Consider in COW