HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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THAN 2:30 A.M., AT WHICH TIME, THE LICENSED PREMISES SHALL
BE VACATED BY ALL PATRONS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 8, 1980.

CHAPTER 97

(House Bill 965)

AN ACT concerning

Statute of Limitations - Medicaid Fraud

FOR the purpose of amending the statute of limitations for
medicaid fraud; and presenting certain provisions
relating to the crime of medicaid fraud.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 5-106(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1979 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 230B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

5-106.

(H) A PROSECUTION FOR THE OFFENSE OF MEDICAID FRAUD
UNDER ARTICLE 27, SECTION 230B OF THIS CODE SHALL BE
INSTITUTED WITHIN 3 YEARS AFTER THE OFFENSE WAS COMMITTED.

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

230B.

(a) In this subheading, the following words have the
meanings indicated.