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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 259
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signing such an application makes a false or fraudulent statement with intent to
obtain any such money, property, food stamps, medical care or other assistance is
guilty of perjury and upon conviction therefor is subject to the penalties provided by
law for perjury.
(b)] Beginning July 1, 1979, whenever a photoidentification card is issued to
the recipient of any public assistance, the Department of Social Services shall cause a
duplicate photoidentification print to be placed in the recipient's social service case
file.
[(c)] (B) (1) The Department of Human Resources may request and obtain
from any fiduciary institution doing business in the State any financial records that
the Department determines are necessary to verify or confirm an individual's
eligibility or ineligibility for public assistance.
(2) The Department of Human Resources shall adopt rules, procedures
and reimbursement schedules necessary to compensate fiduciary institutions for
compliance with this section.
[(d)] (C) (1) On or before July 1, 1985, the Department of Human Resources
shall adopt rules and regulations governing procedures for requesting, obtaining, and
examining financial records that the Department determines are necessary to verify
or confirm an individual's eligibility or ineligibility for public assistance.
(2) The Secretary of Human Resources shall notify a fiduciary
institution of those officers or employees of the Department of Human Resources
authorized to request and receive financial records from the fiduciary institution.
(3) An officer, employee, or representative of any agency authorized to
receive information under this section may not disclose any personally identifiable
information obtained or maintained under this section.
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
5-106.
(a) Except as provided by this section, a prosecution for a misdemeanor shall
be instituted within 1 year after the offense was committed.
(k) A prosecution for [the] A MISDEMEANOR offense [of Medicaid fraud]
under THE FRAUD - STATE HEALTH PLANS SUBHEADING IN Article 27[, § 230B of
this] OF THE Code shall be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed.
[(w) A prosecution for a Medicaid offense under § 15-123.1 of the Health -
General Article shall be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed.]
[(x)] (W) A prosecution under Article 27, § 146(c) of the Code relating to
computer crimes shall be instituted within 3 years after the offense was committed.
Article - Health - General
15-101.
(i) "Program" means the Maryland Medical Assistance Program.
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