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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 2
BY SENATOR CROWE
MEDICAID. Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a report to the
Legislature of Louisiana that addresses how the department and its contractors combat
Medicaid fraud and abuse.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To urge and request the Department of Health and Hospitals to prepare and submit a report2
to the Legislature of Louisiana that details how the department and its contractors3
plan to combat Medicaid fraud and abuse.4
WHEREAS, the United States Government Accountability Office has designated5
Medicaid as a high risk program because it is particularly vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse,6
and improper payment; and7
WHEREAS, Medicaid is specifically considered high risk because of concerns about8
the adequacy of its fiscal oversight to prevent inappropriate spending; and9
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Hospitals has taken proactive steps in its10
fight against Medicaid fraud and abuse; and11
WHEREAS, at full implementation the Bayou Health program will have12
approximately nine hundred thousand Medicaid patients, and the plan providers will have13
financial incentives to combat Medicaid fraud and abuse.14
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby15
urge the Department of Health and Hospitals to prepare and submit a report to the legislature16
that details how the department and its contractors plan to combat Medicaid fraud and abuse.17
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health and Hospitals shall18 SCR NO. 2
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report its findings to the legislature no later than February 1, 2013.1
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the2
secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christopher D. Adams.
DIGEST
Crowe SCR No.
Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to prepare and submit a report to the
legislature that details how the department and its contractors plan to combat Medicaid fraud
and abuse.