Arkansas Code
Subtitle 5 - Offenses Against the Administration of Government
Chapter 55 - Fraud Against the Government

Subchapter 1 - Medicaid Fraud Act

§ 5-55-101. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 5-55-102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Arkansas Medicaid Program” means...

§ 5-55-103. Unlawful acts — Classification - (a) It is unlawful for any person to commit Medicaid...

§ 5-55-104. Records - (a) No potential Medicaid recipient is eligible for medical assistance...

§ 5-55-105. Liability of organizations - In naming a person as a defendant under this subchapter,...

§ 5-55-106. Investigation by Attorney General - The office of the Attorney General is the entity to...

§ 5-55-107. Restitution and collection - (a) In addition to any other fine that may be...

§ 5-55-108. Fines - (a) Any person who is found guilty of or who...

§ 5-55-109. Criminal penalties and civil penalties mutually exclusive - Section 5-55-107, which provides for additional criminal fines, and the...

§ 5-55-110. Suspension of violators - The Secretary of the Department of Human Services may suspend...

§ 5-55-111. Criminal acts constituting Medicaid fraud - A person commits Medicaid fraud when he or she: (1)...

§ 5-55-113. Reward for information - (a) The court may pay a person such sums, not...

§ 5-55-114. Special deputy prosecutor - (a) A prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction over an offense may...

§ 5-55-115. Suspension, exclusion, and illegal Medicaid participation - (a) It is unlawful for a suspended or excluded individual...

Subchapter 2 - Illegal Food Coupons

§ 5-55-201. Traffic in illegal food coupons or vouchers - (a) (1) Any individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity...

§ 5-55-202. Illegal use, transfer, acquisition, or possession of vouchers - Any person who knowingly uses, transfers, acquires, or possesses vouchers...

§ 5-55-203. Illegal presentation of food coupons or vouchers for payment - (a) (1) Any person who presents or causes to be...

§ 5-55-204. Penalties for food stamp trafficking - In addition to the penalties set forth in this subchapter,...

§ 5-55-205. Abuse of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) - (a) (1) A federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,...

Subchapter 3 - Claims for Benefits

§ 5-55-301. Penalty — Notice — Prosecution - (a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly...

Subchapter 4 - Penalties for Placing Name of Another Person on Property Assessment to Avoid Fees

§ 5-55-401. Penalties - (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly place...

Subchapter 5 - Lottery Fraud

§ 5-55-501. Lottery fraud - (a) As used in this subchapter: (1) “Lottery” means the...

Subchapter 6 - Election, Petition, and Ballot Fraud

§ 5-55-601. Petition fraud - (a) As used in this section, “petition” means a petition...

§ 5-55-602. Criminal impersonation in an election - (a) A person commits the offense of criminal impersonation in...