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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * WEST OFFICE BUILDING, SUITE W115

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

        February 20, 2007

Mr. President:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on 1st Sub. H.B. 242, MEDICAID FALSE CLAIMS ACT AMENDMENTS, by Representative B. Last, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Lines 62 through 65 :    

             62      the money or property.
             63          [(2)] (3) "False statement" or "false representation" means a wholly or partially untrue
             64      statement or representation which is

  :

    (a)  
knowingly [and willfully] made [if the person making the

             65      statement or representation has knowledge of the falsity thereof]
  ; and

    (b) a material fact with respect to the claim  
.


2.    Page 6, Lines 153 through 154 :    

             153          (1)
  (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b) the            {   The   } culpable mental state required for a criminal violation of this chapter is

             154      knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly as defined in Section 76-2-103 .
 

    (b) The culpable mental state required for a criminal violation of this chapter for kickbacks and bribes under Section 26-20-4 is knowingly and intentionally as defined in Section 76-2-103.  


        Respectfully,

        D. Chris Buttars
        Committee Chair

Voting: 4-0-1
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