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Section 17b-102 - (Formerly Sec. 17-83n). Regulations providing a financial incentive for reporting vendor fraud.

CT Gen Stat § 17b-102 (2019) (N/A)
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The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, on or before September 1, 1996, to provide a financial incentive for the reporting of vendor fraud in any program under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Services by offering a person up to fifteen per cent of any amounts recovered by the state as a result of such person's report.

(P.A. 83-348, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-169, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-83n transferred to Sec. 17b-102 in 1995; P.A. 96-169 required the commissioner to adopt regulations “on or before September 1, 1996”, and expanded the provision of a financial incentive for the reporting of vendor fraud from the medical assistance program to any program under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Services.

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