Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05817 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5817
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2546
 *02546*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. MINER, 66th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5817 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2546

*02546*

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES 

Introduced by:

REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.

REP. MINER, 66th Dist.

REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MEDICAID FRAUD INVESTIGATORS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 51 of the general statutes be amended to require the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Office of the Chief State's Attorney to hire the maximum number of investigators permitted by the federal government under the federal program that provides reimbursements to states for seventy-five per cent of the costs associated with hiring such investigators.

Statement of Purpose: 

To increase the number of investigators in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.