HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                        301

Approved April 8, 1986.

CHAPTER 87

(House Bill 1222)

AN ACT concerning

Medicaid Fraud - Possession of Blank Cards

FOR the purpose of making the unauthorized possession of a blank
medical assistance prescription, medical assistance card, or
pharmacy assistance card Medicaid fraud; and generally
relating to certain acts that constitute the crime of
Medicaid fraud.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 230C

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 230B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

230B.

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

(b)  "Medicaid fraud" means:

(1)  Knowingly and wilfully making or causing to be
made any false statement or representation of a material fact in
any application for any benefit or payment under a State plan
established by Title XIX of the Social Security Act of 1939;

(2)  Knowingly and wilfully making or causing to be
made any false statement or representation of a material fact for
use in determining rights to those benefits or payments;