Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 | ordered to third reading cal.568 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 20, 2017 | referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 15, 2017 | ordered to third reading rules cal.351 rules report cal.351 reported |
Jun 12, 2017 | reported referred to rules |
Jun 07, 2017 | reported referred to ways and means reported referred to codes |
May 24, 2017 | referred to judiciary |
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Helene Weinstein
A7989 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- State Finance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §189, St Fin L
A7989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7989 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 24, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL, WEINSTEIN -- (at request of the Depart- ment of Law) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to adjustment of penalties due to inflation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that adjustment of the minimum and maximum penalty amounts provided in New York's False Claims Act is necessary in order for New York to maintain compliance with the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Social Secu- rity Act § 1090(a) (the "DRA") by providing for penalty provisions equally effective to the federal False Claims Act. The federal False Claims Act, amended effective August 1, 2016, provides for adjustment of federal civil penalties based on inflation; the New York False Claims Act currently provides only for fixed penalties. When state law is compliant with the DRA, the state is entitled to receive a greater percentage share of recoveries from enforcement actions concerning Medi- caid program funds, regardless of the actual amount of penalty imposed. When state law falls out of compliance, the state is at risk of losing tens of millions of dollars annually. It is the legislative intent that this act maintains the state's compliance with federal Deficit Reduction Act and federal False Claims Act penalties without the need for legis- lation enactments to adjust for inflation. § 2. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 189 of the state finance law, as amended by section 8 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: (h) knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the state or a local government, or conspires to do the same; shall be liable to the state or a local government, as applicable, for a civil penalty of not less than six thousand dollars and not more than twelve thousand EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.