Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 72 of 1977 - The Medicaid False Claim Act (400.601 - 400.615)
Section 400.610b - Recovery of Costs by Attorney General.

Sec. 10b.
(1) The attorney general may recover all costs this state incurs in the litigation and recovery of medicaid restitution under this act, including the cost of investigation and attorney fees. The attorney general shall retain the amount received for activities under this act, excluding amounts for restitution, court costs, and fines, not to exceed the amount of this state's funding match for the medicaid fraud control unit.
(2) The attorney general shall not retain amounts under this section until all the restitution awarded in the proceeding has been paid.
(3) Costs that the attorney general recovers in excess of the state's funding match for the medicaid fraud control unit shall be deposited in the Michigan medicaid benefits trust fund established in section 5 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.255.
History: Add. 2005, Act 337, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2006

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Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 400 - Social Services

Act 72 of 1977 - The Medicaid False Claim Act (400.601 - 400.615)

Section 400.601 - Short Title.

Section 400.602 - Definitions.

Section 400.603 - Application For, or Determining Rights To, Medicaid Benefits; False Statement or False Representation of Material Facts; Concealing or Failing to Disclose Certain Events; Felony; Penalty.

Section 400.604 - Furnishing of Goods or Services; Kickbacks or Bribes; Payments or Rebates for Referrals; Felony; Penalty.

Section 400.605 - Conditions or Operation of Institution or Facility; False Statement or False Representation of Material Fact to Qualify for Certification or Recertification; Felony; Penalty.

Section 400.606 - Obtaining Payment or Allowance of False Claim; Felony; Penalty.

Section 400.607 - Making or Presenting False Claims or False Record or Statement; Violations as Separate Offenses; Liability of Health Facility or Agency; Violation as Felony; Penalty.

Section 400.608 - Prosecution; Evidence; Rebuttable Presumptions.

Section 400.609 - Persons Convicted 3 or More Times for Offense and Subsequently Convicted of Another Offense; Penalty.

Section 400.610 - Investigation by Attorney General or Assistant Attorney General; Appointment and Powers of Investigators; Ratification of Appointments; Written Demand; Noncompliance; Action to Enforce Demand; Service; Order; Confidentiality.

Section 400.610a - Civil Action in Name of State; Initiation; Complaint; Intervention; Pleadings; Discovery; Stay; Alternative Remedy; Award; Share of Proceeds; Court Finding of Frivolous Claim; Civil Fine.

Section 400.610b - Recovery of Costs by Attorney General.

Section 400.610c - Employment Action Against Employee Initiating, Assisting In, or Participating in Court Action; Prohibition; Violation; Liability of Employer.

Section 400.611 - Filing and Prosecution of Action; Jurisdiction; Service of Process.

Section 400.612 - Civil Penalty for Receiving Benefit by Reason of Fraud, Making Fraudulent Statement, Knowingly Concealing Material Fact, or Engaging in Prohibited Conduct; Criminal Action Not Required.

Section 400.613 - Revocation of License of Residential Health Care Facility; Petition for Appointment of Receiver; Order; Appointment, Compensation, and Powers and Duties of Receiver.

Section 400.614 - Statute of Limitations.

Section 400.615 - Burden of Proof; Preponderance of Evidence.