H.R. 10621

Medicaid Fraud Fighting and Taxpayer Protection Act

Sponsor: H. Morgan Griffith

4 cosponsors
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Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Fraud Fighting and Taxpayer Protection Act.

Sec. 2. Increasing State share of recovery under law relating to false or fraudulent claims

(a) In general. Section 1909(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396h(a)) is amended by striking 10 percentage points and inserting 25 percentage points.

(b) Effective date. The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to amounts recovered under a State action brought on or after the date of the enactment of this section.