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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 146

CHAPTER 146

(House Bill 1221)

AN ACT concerning

Corrective Bill — Article 27 "Crimes and Punishments"

FOR the purpose of correcting technical errors in certain
sections of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Section 230D, 264(d)(1), 462(a)(1), 577(a), and

616 1/2 (c) (12)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

230D-

(a)    Every person convicted of the crime of Medicaid
fraud in which the value of the money, services, or goods
involved is $500 or more is guilty of a felony, and shall:

(1)    Make full restitution of the money,
services, or goods, or the value of those services or goods
unlawfully received;

(2)    Be subject to a fine of not more than
$10,000, and imprisonment for a period not to exceed five
years, or both[; and].

(b)    Every person convicted of the crime of Medicaid
fraud in which the value of the money, services, or goods
involved is less than $500 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall:

(1)    Hake restitution of the money, services, or
goods, or the value of those services or goods unlawfully
received;                                                                                                                         

(2)    Be subject to a fine of not more than
$1,000, and imprisonment for a period not to exceed three
years, or both[; and].

264.

(d) (1) Upon the ultimate disposition of such
charge or charges, indictment or indictments, resulting in