Kentucky House Bill 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 15 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-25 - returned to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to establish a False Claims Act with provisions that establish enhanced civil liability and penalties for committing fraud against the state; allow the Attorney General or private citizens to sue on behalf of the state to recover those amounts, with some of the proceeds of the action being distributed to the person successfully bringing the action; grant the Attorney General enhanced investigatory authority; provide an administrative sanctioning system for fraudulent Medicaid providers; provide civil protections for fraud whistleblowers.

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky False Claims Act.

Rep. Dennis Horlander [D]	Rep. Charles Miller [D]	Rep. Steven Riggs [D]	Rep. Gregory Stumbo [D]
Rep. Thomas Thompson [D]	Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-25		returned to Judiciary (S)
2011-02-25		1st reading
2011-02-25		taken from Judiciary (S)
2011-02-17		to Judiciary (S)
2011-02-15		received in Senate
2011-02-14		3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
2011-02-11		floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2011-02-10		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2011
2011-02-10		2nd reading, to Rules
2011-02-09		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2011-02-07		posted in committee
2011-01-07		to Judiciary (H)
2011-01-06		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB4.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB4/bill.doc