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Georgia and New York latest states with False Claims Acts

Pharma Compliance Alert, May 2, 2007

Georgia and New York have each passed state-specific versions of the False Claims Act (FCA), bringing the total number of states with such laws to 19. New York's FCA was signed into law by Governor Eliot Spitzer, and Georgia's was passed by the state's house and senate and sent to the governor on April 30. Spitzer has also appointed former healthcare prosecutor Jim Sheehan to be New York's Medicaid Inspector General, the governor's office reports.

Provisions of Georgia's State False Claims Medicaid Act include:

  • Liability to Georgia for certain false claims

  • Civil actions for false Medicaid claims

  • Whistleblower protection

    New York's FCA:

  • Defines false claim and false information

  • Imposes civil and criminal penalties for certain acts related to false claims and false information

  • Provides for civil enforcement actions by the attorney general and for Qui Tam civil actions by private citizens
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