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  1  1                                           SENATE FILE 131
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO FRAUDULENT PRACTICES INVOLVING FAMILY
  1  5    INVESTMENT AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS
  1  6    AND MAKING PENALTIES APPLICABLE.
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10  
  1 11    Section 1.  Section 239.14, Code 1997, is amended to read
  1 12 as follows:
  1 13    239.14  FRAUDULENT ACTS PRACTICES.
  1 14    Whoever A person who obtains, or attempts to obtain, or
  1 15 aids or abets any person to obtain, by means of a willfully
  1 16 false statement or representation, by knowingly failing to
  1 17 disclose a material fact, or by impersonation, or any
  1 18 fraudulent device, any assistance under this chapter to which
  1 19 the recipient is not entitled, shall be guilty of commits a
  1 20 fraudulent practice.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  Section 239.17, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  1 22 follows:
  1 23    239.17  RECOVERY OF ASSISTANCE OBTAINED BY FRAUDULENT ACT
  1 24 PRACTICE.
  1 25    A person who obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or
  1 26 abets any person to obtain, by means of a willfully false
  1 27 statement or representation, by knowingly failing to disclose
  1 28 a material fact, or by impersonation or any fraudulent device,
  1 29 assistance to which the recipient is not entitled, is
  1 30 personally liable for the amount of assistance thus obtained.
  1 31 The amount of the assistance may be recovered from the
  1 32 offender or the offender's estate in an action brought or by
  1 33 claim filed in the name of the state and the recovered funds
  1 34 shall be deposited in the family investment program account.
  1 35 The action or claim filed in the name of the state shall not
  2  1 be considered an election of remedies to the exclusion of
  2  2 other remedies.
  2  3    Sec. 3.  Section 249A.7, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997,
  2  4 is amended to read as follows:
  2  5    A person who obtains assistance or payments for medical
  2  6 assistance under this chapter by misrepresentation or failure,
  2  7 with fraudulent intent, to bring forth all the facts knowingly
  2  8 making or causing to be made, a false statement or a
  2  9 misrepresentation of a material fact or by knowingly failing
  2 10 to disclose a material fact required of an applicant for aid
  2 11 under the provisions of this chapter and a person who
  2 12 knowingly makes or causes to be made, a false statements
  2 13 statement or a misrepresentation of a material fact or
  2 14 knowingly fails to disclose a material fact concerning the
  2 15 applicant's eligibility for aid under this chapter shall be
  2 16 guilty of commits a fraudulent practice.
  2 17    Sec. 4.  Section 249A.8, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  2 18 follows:
  2 19    249A.8  FRAUDULENT PRACTICE.
  2 20    A person who knowingly makes or causes to be made false
  2 21 statements or misrepresentations of material facts or
  2 22 knowingly fails to disclose material facts in application for
  2 23 payment of services or merchandise rendered or purportedly
  2 24 rendered by a provider participating in the medical assistance
  2 25 program under this chapter is guilty of commits a fraudulent
  2 26 practice.  
  2 27 
  2 28 
  2 29                                                             
  2 30                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2 31                               President of the Senate
  2 32 
  2 33 
  2 34                                                             
  2 35                               RON J. CORBETT
  3  1                               Speaker of the House
  3  2 
  3  3    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  3  4 is known as Senate File 131, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  3  5 
  3  6 
  3  7                                                             
  3  8                               MARY PAT GUNDERSON
  3  9                               Secretary of the Senate
  3 10 Approved                , 1997
  3 11 
  3 12 
  3 13                         
  3 14 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
  3 15 Governor
     
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