1. Unless a different penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 422.361 to 422.369, inclusive, or 422.450 to 422.590, inclusive, a person who knowingly and designedly, by any false pretense, false or misleading statement, impersonation, misrepresentation, or concealment, transfer, disposal or assignment of money or property obtains or attempts to obtain monetary or any other public assistance, or money, property, medical or remedial care or any other service provided pursuant to the Children’s Health Insurance Program, having a value of $100 or more, whether by one act or a series of acts, with the intent to cheat, defraud or defeat the purposes of this chapter or to enable a person to meet or appear to meet any requirements of eligibility prescribed by state law or by rule or regulation adopted by the Department for a grant or an increase in a grant of any type of public assistance is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1, whenever a recipient of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families pursuant to the provisions of chapter 422A of NRS receives an overpayment of benefits for the third time and the overpayments have resulted from a false statement or representation by the recipient or from the failure of the recipient to notify the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of a change in circumstances which would affect the amount of assistance the recipient receives, a rebuttable presumption arises that the payment was fraudulently received.
3. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Public assistance" includes any money, property, medical or remedial care or any other service provided pursuant to a state plan.
(b) "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 422A.080.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1909; A 1985, 1405; 1991, 1053; 1993, 142, 2788, 2819; 1995, 1274; 1997, 2239; 1999, 2233; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 38; 2007, 2394; 2013, 1307)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 422 - Health Care Financing and Policy
NRS 422.003 - "Administrator" defined.
NRS 422.021 - "Children’s Health Insurance Program" defined.
NRS 422.030 - "Department" defined.
NRS 422.040 - "Director" defined.
NRS 422.041 - "Division" defined.
NRS 422.046 - "Medicaid" defined.
NRS 422.050 - "Public assistance" defined.
NRS 422.054 - "Undivided estate" defined.
NRS 422.061 - Purposes of Division.
NRS 422.151 - Creation; function.
NRS 422.153 - Composition; terms and compensation of members.
NRS 422.155 - Chair; Secretary; meetings; subcommittees.
NRS 422.175 - "Reinvestment advisory committee" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
NRS 422.195 - Chair; meetings; subcommittees; quorum. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
NRS 422.205 - Duties; report. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
NRS 422.2354 - Qualifications.
NRS 422.2356 - Executive Officer of Division; administration and management of Division.
NRS 422.2357 - Administration of chapter.
NRS 422.2366 - Administration of oaths; testimony of witnesses; subpoenas.
NRS 422.2368 - Adoption of regulations.
NRS 422.2369 - Procedure for adopting, amending or repealing regulations.
NRS 422.240 - Legislative appropriations; disbursements.
NRS 422.260 - Acceptance of Social Security Act and related federal money.
NRS 422.265 - Acceptance of increased benefits of future congressional legislation; regulations.
NRS 422.267 - Contract or agreement with Federal Government by Director.
NRS 422.270 - Duties of Department regarding Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program.
NRS 422.2704 - Review of and recommendations concerning rates of reimbursement.
NRS 422.2712 - Reporting of certain rates of reimbursement for physicians.
NRS 422.27238 - State Plan for Medicaid: Reimbursement for crisis stabilization services.
NRS 422.272407 - State Plan for Medicaid: Reimbursement of recipients for personal care services.
NRS 422.27247 - Application for federal waiver to provide certain dental care for certain persons.
NRS 422.2748 - Cooperation with Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
NRS 422.27482 - Report concerning provision of health benefits by large employers.
NRS 422.275 - Legal advisers for Division.
NRS 422.2775 - Hearing: Evidence.
NRS 422.278 - Hearing: Person with communications disability entitled to services of interpreter.
NRS 422.291 - Assistance not assignable or subject to process or bankruptcy law.
NRS 422.292 - Assistance subject to future amending and repealing acts.
NRS 422.293005 - Subrogation: Liability for failure to comply with provisions.
NRS 422.29306 - Imposition and release of lien on property of recipient of Medicaid.
NRS 422.308 - Family planning service; birth control.
NRS 422.362 - "Cardholder" defined.
NRS 422.363 - "Medicaid card" defined.
NRS 422.365 - "Receives" defined.
NRS 422.369 - Unlawful acts: Fraud by person authorized to provide care to holder of card; penalty.
NRS 422.376 - "Facility for intermediate care" defined.
NRS 422.3765 - "Facility for skilled nursing" defined.
NRS 422.3771 - "Nursing facility" defined.
NRS 422.3775 - Fee: Payment; amount; due date; allowable cost for Medicaid reimbursement purposes.
NRS 422.378 - Report by nursing facility to Division.
NRS 422.37915 - "Account" defined.
NRS 422.3792 - "Agency to provide personal care services in the home" defined.
NRS 422.37925 - "Medical facility" defined.
NRS 422.3793 - "Operator" defined.
NRS 422.37935 - "Operator group" defined.
NRS 422.3805 - Federal waivers: Duties of Administrator.
NRS 422.390 - Regulations; quarterly report.
NRS 422.3964 - State Plan for Medicaid: Inclusion of certain home and community-based services.
NRS 422.4015 - "Board" defined.
NRS 422.402 - "Drug Use Review Board" defined.
NRS 422.4021 - Health benefit plan" defined.
NRS 422.4022 - "Health maintenance organization" defined.
NRS 422.4023 - "Pharmacy benefit manager" defined.
NRS 422.4024 - "Sickle cell disease and its variants" defined.
NRS 422.4035 - Silver State Scripts Board: Creation; membership.
NRS 422.404 - Silver State Scripts Board: Chair; terms; vacancies; meetings; quorum.
NRS 422.405 - Silver State Scripts Board: Duties and powers.
NRS 422.4056 - Audits of certain contracts; posting of audit results on Internet website.
NRS 422.406 - Regulations; contracts for services.
NRS 422.410 - Fraudulent acts; penalties.
NRS 422.460 - "Benefit" defined.
NRS 422.470 - "Claim" defined.
NRS 422.490 - "Provider" defined.
NRS 422.500 - "Recipient" defined.
NRS 422.510 - "Records" defined.
NRS 422.525 - "Statement or representation" defined.
NRS 422.530 - Responsibility for false claim, statement or representation.
NRS 422.540 - Offenses regarding false claims, statements or representations; penalties.