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The following states, along with New York City and Chicago, have their own versions of the False Claim Act with qui tam provisions, enabling them to recover money at the state or municipal level.

Click on the yellow states on the map below to go to copies of that state's False Claims Act text.

To read copies of the Chicago and New York City False Claims Act laws, click on the appropriate stars on the map below.  To read the rules governing the filing of a false claims act in NYC >> click here(WORD Doc)

Taxpayers Against Fraud has produced a model state False Claims Act statute.  >> To read the model law (PDF)

 

 


Note: The text of the state FCA laws on this web site are believed to be up-to-date and complete, but we urge lawyers and relators filing qui tam cases to rely on the most up-to-date version of their respective state codes.
 

State False Claims Act Cases Citations
* = Medicaid only False Claims Act
a= Qualified for Increased Share Under Deficit Reduction Act

California a
Delaware
District of Columbia 
Florida 
Georgia * a
Hawaii a
Illinois a
Indiana a
Louisiana *
Massachusetts.a
Michigan *
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada a
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York a
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
Tennessee  a
Texas * a
Virginia a
Wisconsin * a

 

Sample of State False Claims Act Cases

State and Date Company Fraud Settlement or Judgement
California, 1998 BankAmerica Improperly retained unclaimed municipal bonds $187 million
California, 2000 Toshiba Knowingly sold defective computers to the State and its political divisions. $30 million
California, 2001 Tutor-Saliba-Perini JV Fraudulent billing during construction of Los Angeles Subway system $31.9 million
California, 2003 Mandated Cost Systems Inc. Submission of inflated and false bills. $3.4 million
Florida, 1996 CareFlorida Health Plan Inc Submission of fraudulent Medicaid enrollments. $ 1.75
Hawaii, 2001 Bergen Brunswig Corp. Wrongfully recycled and repackaged unused drugs from nursing homes facilities $4 million
Texas, 2001 Driscoll Children's Hospital and Foundation Filing false expense reports, reporting inflated charity work, and engaging in kickbacks. $14.5 million
Texas, 2005 Roxane Laboratories (Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.) Marketing the spread by falsely reported their wholesale drug prices to the Medicaid program.
 
$10 million
Texas, 2003 Dey Inc. Marketing the spread by falsely reported their wholesale drug prices to the Medicaid program. $18.5 million
Texas, 2005 Schering-Plough Inc. and Warrick subsidiary Marketing the spread by falsely reported their wholesale drug prices to the Medicaid program. $27 million
California, 2005 Strategic Resource Solutions Fraud involving the installation and monitoring og energy-efficient heating and cooling equipment in San Francisco schools. $43.1 million