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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
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California
a |
CAL. Gov’t Code Sec 12650 et seq. (DEERING 2000). [General] |
| Delaware
|
DEL. CODE. ANN. tit. 6, Sec 1201 et seq.
(2000). [General] |
| District
of Columbia |
D.C. CODE ANN. Sec 1-1188.13 et seq.(2000).
[General] |
| Florida
|
FLA. STAT. 68.081 et seq. (2007)
[General] |
| Georgia
*
a
|
State False Medicaid Claims Act.
Code of Georgia, Chpt. 4 of Title 49 |
| Hawaii
a
|
HAW. REV. STAT. Sec661-22 et seq. (2000).
[General] |
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Illinois
a |
740 ILL. COMP. STAT. ANN. Sec 175/1 et seq. (2000).
[General] |
| Indiana
a |
Indiana Code
5-11-5.5 |
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Louisiana
*
|
LA. REV. STAT. ANN. Sec 46:439.1 et seq. (2000). [Medical
Assistance] |
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Massachusetts.a |
MASS
ANN. LAWS CH. 12, Sec5(A)-(O) |
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Michigan
* |
MI Public Act 337 Public Acts of 2005 |
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Minnesota |
Minn. Stat. § 15C.01
(effective 7-1-2010) |
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Montana |
2005 Mont. Code, CH. 465, HB 146 (2005) |
| Nevada
a
|
NEV. REV. STAT. Sec357.010 et seq. (1999).
[General] |
| New Hampshire |
NEW
HAMPSHIRE Section 167:61-b |
|
New Jersey |
Signed by Governor,
Effective April 15, 2008 |
| New Mexico |
Signed by Governor Effective July 1, 2007 |
|
New York
a |
Effective April 1,
2007, Signed by Governor |
| Oklahoma |
Oklahoma Medicaid False Claims Act.
Despite the name, it is a general FCA. Effective
date: November 1, 2007. |
| Rhode
Island
a |
CHAPTER
9-1.1
The State False Claim Act |
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Tennessee a |
TENN. CODE. ANN. Sec 71-5-181 et seq. (2000).
[Medicaid] |
| Texas
* a
|
TEX. HUM. RES. CODE Sec 36.001-36.117 |
| Virginia a
|
VIRGINIA Fraud Against Taxpayers
Act,signed April 17, 2002;
effective Jan. 1, 2003 |
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Wisconsin
* a |
Wisconsin False Claims for Medical
Assistance Act |
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 |
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