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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends the requirements for the qualifications of a Medicaid inspector
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11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ amends the qualifications necessary to be appointed the Medicaid inspector general.
14 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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16 Other Special Clauses:
17 This bill provides a special effective date.
18 Utah Code Sections Affected:
19 AMENDS:
20 63A-13-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 310 and renumbered and
21 amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 12
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23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24 Section 1. Section 63A-13-201 is amended to read:
25 63A-13-201. Creation of office -- Inspector general -- Appointment -- Term.
26 (1) There is created an independent entity within the Department of Administrative
27 Services known as the " Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services."
28 (2) The governor shall:
29 (a) appoint the inspector general of Medicaid services [
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31 (b) establish the salary for the inspector general of Medicaid services based upon a
32 recommendation from the Department of Human Resource Management which shall be based
33 on a market salary survey conducted by the Department of Human Resource Management.
34 (3) A person appointed as the inspector general shall[
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37 audit, investigate, and identify fraud, waste, and abuse;
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43 (4) The inspector general of Medicaid services:
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45 (b) may be removed by the governor, for cause.
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47 appointed, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve the remainder of the term of the
48 inspector general of Medicaid services who was removed for cause.
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52 (6) The Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services:
53 (a) is not under the supervision of, and does not take direction from, the executive
54 director, except for administrative purposes;
55 (b) shall use the legal services of the state attorney general's office;
56 (c) shall submit a budget for the office directly to the governor;
57 (d) except as prohibited by federal law, is subject to:
58 (i) Title 51, Chapter 5, Funds Consolidation Act;
59 (ii) Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act;
60 (iii) Title 63A, Utah Administrative Services Code;
61 (iv) Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
62 (v) Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act;
63 (vi) Title 63G, Chapter 6a, Utah Procurement Code;
64 (vii) Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act;
65 (viii) Title 63J, Chapter 2, Revenue Procedures and Control Act;
66 (ix) Title 67, Chapter 19, Utah State Personnel Management Act;
67 (x) Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and Employees' Ethics Act;
68 (xi) Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act;
69 (xii) Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act; and
70 (xiii) coverage under the Risk Management Fund created under Section 63A-4-201;
71 (e) when requested, shall provide reports to the governor, the president of the Senate,
72 or the speaker of the House; and
73 (f) shall adopt administrative rules to establish policies for employees that are
74 substantially similar to the administrative rules adopted by the Department of Human Resource
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76 Section 2. Effective date.
77 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
78 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
79 Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
80 the date of veto override.
Legislative Review Note
as of 8-14-15 2:29 PM
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel