49.485 False claims. Whoever knowingly presents or causes to be presented to any officer, employee, or agent of this state a false claim for medical assistance shall forfeit not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000, plus 3 times the amount of the damages that were sustained by the state or would have been sustained by the state, whichever is greater, as a result of the false claim. The attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the state to recover any forfeiture incurred under this section.
History: 2007 a. 20.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 49 - Public assistance and children and family services.
49.02 - Relief block grant administration.
49.029 - Block grants to tribal governing bodies; medical relief.
49.08 - Recovery of relief and other assistance.
49.114 - Contract powers of the department.
49.131 - Electronic transfer of benefits.
49.134 - Child care resource and referral service grants.
49.136 - Child care start-up and expansion.
49.137 - Child care quality improvement.
49.1375 - Early childhood excellence initiative.
49.138 - Emergency assistance for families with needy children.
49.1385 - Grants for services for homeless and runaway youth.
49.139 - Emergency shelter funding.
49.141 - Wisconsin works; general provisions.
49.143 - Wisconsin works; agency contracts.
49.145 - Wisconsin works; eligibility for employment positions.
49.1452 - Payment of support arrears.
49.1455 - Child support demonstration project.
49.147 - Wisconsin works; work programs and job access loans.
49.1473 - Wisconsin works; domestic abuse screening and training.
49.148 - Wisconsin works; wages and benefits.
49.149 - Wisconsin works; education and training.
49.15 - Wisconsin works; 2-parent families.
49.151 - Wisconsin works; sanctions.
49.1515 - Determining nonparticipation.
49.152 - Review of agency decisions.
49.153 - Notice before taking certain actions.
49.155 - Wisconsin Shares; child care subsidy.
49.157 - Wisconsin works; transportation assistance.
49.159 - Wisconsin works; noncustodial and minor and other custodial parents.
49.161 - Wisconsin works; overpayments.
49.162 - Substance abuse screening and testing for certain work experience programs.
49.163 - Transform Milwaukee Jobs program and Transitional Jobs program.
49.1635 - Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation.
49.165 - Domestic abuse grants.
49.167 - Alcohol and other drug abuse treatment grant program.
49.175 - Public assistance and local assistance allocations.
49.19 - Aid to families with dependent children.
49.197 - Fraud investigation and reduction and error reduction.
49.22 - Child and spousal support; establishment of paternity; medical liability.
49.225 - Ordering genetic tests.
49.227 - Program for publication of delinquent child support obligors.
49.24 - Child support incentive payments.
49.25 - Incentive payments for identifying children with health insurance.
49.255 - Case management incentive payments.
49.257 - Milwaukee child care grant program.
49.265 - Community action agencies.
49.273 - Research, investigations.
49.275 - Cooperation with federal government.
49.32 - Department; powers and duties.
49.325 - County department budgets and contracts.
49.34 - Purchase of care and services.
49.343 - Rates for residential care centers, group homes, and child welfare agencies.
49.348 - Recidivism reduction program.
49.35 - Public assistance; supervisory functions of department.
49.36 - Work experience program for noncustodial parents.
49.37 - Offender reentry demonstration project.
49.38 - Menominee Enterprises, Inc., bonds, acquisition.
49.385 - No action against members of the Menominee Indian tribe in certain cases.
49.45 - Medical assistance; administration.
49.452 - Counting promissory notes as assets for certain Medical Assistance programs.
49.453 - Divestment of assets.
49.454 - Treatment of trust amounts.
49.455 - Protection of income and resources of couple for maintenance of community spouse.
49.46 - Medical assistance; recipients of social security aids.
49.463 - Ineligibility for noncompliance with child support determinations and obligations.
49.465 - Presumptive medical assistance eligibility.
49.468 - Expanded medicare buy-in.
49.47 - Medical assistance; medically indigent.
49.472 - Medical assistance purchase plan.
49.475 - Information about assistance program beneficiaries; electronic submission of claims.
49.49 - Medical assistance offenses.
49.493 - Benefits under uninsured health plans.
49.496 - Recovery of correct medical assistance payments.
49.498 - Requirements for skilled nursing facilities.
49.499 - Nursing facility resident protection.
49.68 - Aid for treatment of kidney disease.
49.682 - Recovery from estates; disease aids and funeral expenses.
49.683 - Cystic fibrosis aids.
49.685 - Hemophilia treatment services.
49.686 - AZT and pentamidine reimbursement program.
49.687 - Disease aids; patient requirements; rebate agreements; cost containment.
49.688 - Prescription drug assistance for elderly persons.
49.70 - County home; establishment.
49.703 - County homes; commitments; admissions.
49.71 - County hospitals; establishment.
49.713 - County hospitals; admissions.
49.72 - County infirmaries; establishment.
49.723 - County infirmaries, admissions; standards.
49.726 - County infirmaries; cost of treatment, care and maintenance of patients.
49.729 - County infirmaries; fees and expenses of proceedings.
49.73 - Residential care institutions; establishment.
49.74 - Institutions subject to chapter 150.
49.76 - Department duties relating to hunger prevention.
49.77 - State supplemental payments.
49.775 - Payments for the support of children of supplemental security income recipients.
49.776 - Payment of support arrears.
49.78 - Income maintenance administration.
49.79 - Food stamp administration.
49.791 - Substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment for employment and training programs.
49.793 - Recovery of food stamps.
49.796 - Food stamp reinstatement.
49.797 - Electronic benefit transfer.
49.81 - Public assistance recipients' bill of rights.
49.82 - Administration of public assistance programs.
49.823 - Public benefit database review.
49.825 - Department administration in Milwaukee County.
49.826 - Administration of child care provider services in certain counties.
49.83 - Limitation on giving information.
49.835 - Statements in applications.
49.84 - Verification of public assistance applications.
49.845 - Fraud investigation and error reduction.
49.846 - Jurisdiction of the department of justice.
49.847 - Recovery of incorrect payments under certain public assistance programs.
49.849 - Recovery of correct payments under certain public assistance programs.
49.852 - Delinquent support payments; pension plans.
49.853 - Financial record matching program.
49.854 - Liens against property for delinquent support payments.
49.855 - Certification of delinquent payments.
49.856 - Notification of delinquent payments.
49.858 - General provisions related to administrative support enforcement.
49.86 - Disbursement of funds and facsimile signatures.
49.89 - Third party liability.