UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 2196
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AN ACT relating to Medicaid. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 205.170 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, the secretary or his or her 4
duly authorized representative may administer oaths and affirmations, take 5
depositions, certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of 6
witnesses and production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other 7
records considered necessary and relevant as evidence in connection with the 8
administration of the cabinet. The subpoenas[Such subpoena] shall be served in the 9
same manner as a subpoena issued out of a Circuit Court. 10
(2) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, 11
papers, correspondence, memoranda or other records in response to the[such] 12
subpoena on the grounds that the evidence required of him or her may tend to 13
incriminate him or her or subject him or her to a penalty, or forfeiture. No person 14
shall be prosecuted or subjected to any suit, penalty, or forfeiture on account of any 15
transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person or the person's[he or his] 16
agent or worker is compelled, after having claimed privilege against self-17
incrimination, to give evidence except that such witness so testifying shall not be 18
exempt from punishment for perjury. 19