Indiana Code
Chapter 5.7. Medicaid False Claims and Whistleblower Protection
5-11-5.7-8. Entitled Relief for Employees, Contractors, or Agents; Three Year Limitation

Sec. 8. (a) An employee, contractor, or agent who has been discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or otherwise discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment because of lawful acts done by the employee, contractor, agent, or associated others to:
(1) object to or otherwise stop an act or omission described in section 2 of this chapter;
(2) initiate, testify, assist, or participate in an investigation, an action, or a hearing; or
(3) perform any other lawful act in furtherance of other efforts to stop one (1) or more violations under this chapter;
is entitled to all relief necessary to make the employee, contractor, or agent whole.
(b) Relief under this section must include:
(1) reinstatement with the same seniority status the employee, contractor, or agent would have had but for the act described in subsection (a);
(2) two (2) times the amount of back pay;
(3) interest on the back pay; and
(4) compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the act described in subsection (a), including costs and expenses of litigation and reasonable attorney's fees.
(c) An employee, contractor, or agent may bring an action for the relief provided in this section in any court with jurisdiction.
(d) A civil action under this section may not be brought more than three (3) years after the date the retaliation occurred.
As added by P.L.197-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.109-2014, SEC.9.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 5. State and Local Administration

Article 11. Accounting for Public Funds

Chapter 5.7. Medicaid False Claims and Whistleblower Protection

5-11-5.7-1. Application; Definitions

5-11-5.7-2. Liability for Presenting, Making, or Using False Claims, False Records or Statements, Conspiracy

5-11-5.7-3. Concurrent Jurisdiction to Investigate; Civil Action; Certification of Findings; Intervention; Disqualification

5-11-5.7-4. Civil Action for Violations on Behalf of a Person or the State; Requirements; Dismissal of Claim; Serving of Complaint; Extensions of Time; Intervention

5-11-5.7-5. Attorney General and Inspector General Responsibilities in Intervention; Dismissal of Action; Settlement of Action; Limitations

5-11-5.7-6. Entitlement for Person Who Initially Filed Complaint; Attorney's Fees and Costs; State Not Liable for Expenses and Costs

5-11-5.7-7. No Court Jurisdiction for Actions Brought by Incarcerated Offenders, Actions Brought Against Certain Officeholders, Actions Subject to Civil Suit or Criminal Prosecution, or Actions Based on Information Contained in Specified Documents

5-11-5.7-8. Entitled Relief for Employees, Contractors, or Agents; Three Year Limitation

5-11-5.7-9. Subpoena; Barring of Civil Action Timing; Establishment of Elements of Offense and Damages by Preponderance of the Evidence; Estoppel if Conviction of Crime Involving Fraud or False Statements

5-11-5.7-10. Issuance of Civil Investigative Demand Concerning Documents and Information; Requirements

5-11-5.7-11. Civil Investigative Demand Include Description of Conduct Constituting Violation Involving a False Claim; Requirements; Return; Date for Oral Testimony Requirements

5-11-5.7-12. Demand Limitations if Disclosure Is Protected; Civil Investigative Demand Supersedes Contrary Orders, Rules, Provisions That Prevent or Restrict Disclosure; Does Not Constitute Waiver of a Right or Privilege

5-11-5.7-13. Service of Investigative Demand

5-11-5.7-14. Production of Documentary Material, Interrogatories, and Examinations in Accordance With Rules of Civil Procedure

5-11-5.7-15. Issuer of Civil Investigative Demand as Custodian; Transmittal and Possession of Documents; Copies; Restricted Availability of Documents; Return of Materials

5-11-5.7-16. Sanctions for Failure to Comply; Protective Order

5-11-5.7-17. Confidentiality of Material and Information

5-11-5.7-18. Proceedings Governed by Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure