Senate Bill S4774

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes any prosecutor of competent jurisdiction to receive referrals from certain agencies

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S4774 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10047
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง32, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S594, A6405
2013-2014: S773, S6995, A1450
2015-2016: S2198, A1639
2017-2018: S783, A1486
2019-2020: A3555

2009-S4774 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes any prosecutor of competent jurisdiction to receive referrals from certain agencies.

2009-S4774 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4774 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4774

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing any
  prosecutor of competent jurisdiction to receive referrals from certain
  agencies

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  7 of section 32 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 442 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  7. to make information and evidence  relating  to  suspected  criminal
acts which he or she may obtain in carrying out his or her duties avail-
able  to  appropriate  law enforcement officials and to consult with the
deputy attorney general for Medicaid fraud control, the welfare  inspec-
tor  general,  and other state and federal law enforcement officials for
coordination of criminal investigations and prosecutions.
  The inspector shall refer suspected fraud or criminality to the deputy
attorney general for Medicaid fraud control OR ANY PROSECUTOR OF  COMPE-
TENT  JURISDICTION  and make any other referrals to such deputy attorney
general OR SUCH PROSECUTOR as required or contemplated by  federal  law.
At  any  time  after  such referral, with ten days written notice to the
deputy attorney general for Medicaid fraud control or such shorter  time
as  such  deputy  attorney  general consents to, the inspector may addi-
tionally provide relevant information about suspected fraud or criminal-
ity to any other federal  or  state  law  enforcement  agency  that  the
inspector deems appropriate under the circumstances;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10889-01-9


              

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