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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 259
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(B) A PERSON MAY NOT:
(1) PROVIDE TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR SERVICES FOR WHICH
PAYMENT WHOLLY OR PARTLY IS OR MAY BE MADE FROM FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDS
UNDER A STATE HEALTH PLAN; AND
(2) SOLICIT, OFFER, MAKE, OR RECEIVE A KICKBACK OR BRIBE IN
CONNECTION WITH PROVIDING THOSE ITEMS OR SERVICES OR MAKING OR
RECEIVING A BENEFIT OR PAYMENT UNDER A STATE HEALTH PLAN.
(C) A PERSON MAY NOT SOLICIT, OFFER, MAKE, OR RECEIVE A REBATE OF A
FEE OR CHARGE FOR REFERRING ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO A THIRD PERSON TO
PROVIDE ITEMS OR SERVICES FOR WHICH PAYMENT WHOLLY OR PARTLY IS OR MAY
BE MADE FROM FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDS UNDER A STATE HEALTH PLAN.
230E.
A PERSON MAY NOT WILLFULLY KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY MAKE, CAUSE TO
BE MADE, INDUCE, OR ATTEMPT TO INDUCE THE MAKING OF A FALSE
REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDITIONS OR OPERATION OF A
FACILITY, INSTITUTION, OR STATE HEALTH PLAN IN ORDER TO HELP THE FACILITY,
INSTITUTION, OR STATE HEALTH PLAN QUALIFY TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT
UNDER A STATE HEALTH PLAN.
230F.
(A) A PERSON MAY NOT WILLFULLY KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY OBTAIN,
ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN, OR AID ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL IN OBTAINING OR ATTEMPTING
TO OBTAIN A DRUG PRODUCT OR MEDICAL CARE, THE PAYMENT OF ALL OR A PART
OF WHICH IS OR MAY BE MADE FROM FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDS UNDER A STATE
HEALTH PLAN, BY:
(1) FRAUD, DECEIT, MISREPRESENTATION, OR CONCEALMENT;
(2) FORGERY OR ALTERATION OF A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PRESCRIPTION OR A PHARMACY ASSISTANCE PRESCRIPTION DISTRIBUTED UNDER A
STATE HEALTH PLAN;
(3) CONCEALMENT OF A MATERIAL FACT; OR
(4) USING A FALSE NAME OR A FALSE ADDRESS.
(B) A PERSON MAY NOT WILLFULLY KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY POSSESS A
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CARD OR A PHARMACY ASSISTANCE CARD DISTRIBUTED
UNDER A STATE HEALTH PLAN OR THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OR PHARMACY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY TITLE 15 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL
ARTICLE WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE PERSON TO WHOM THE CARD IS
ISSUED.
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