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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

SB 177

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Relating to: creating an incentive program for reporting fraud to a state hotline, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administration, department of — Budget and fiscal issues Fraud Fuel Health services, department of — Administration Health services, department of — Health Legislative audit bureau Telephone

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, the state has established two hotlines that receive reports from

individuals who suspect fraudulent activity in state programs. The Legislative

Audit Bureau administers the first hotline to receive reports of fraud, waste, and

mismanagement in state government. The office of the inspector general in the

Department of Health Services maintains the second hotline to receive reports on

suspected fraudulent activity in public assistance programs.

Under this bill, the Department of Administration (DOA) must establish an

incentive program, by rule, for individuals who report suspected fraudulent activity

or agency mismanagement to an existing fraud hotline or to any other fraud hotline

established by a state agency. The incentive program established by DOA must

include a reward payment of up to 5 percent of the amount of state funds that are

recovered or saved as the result of a report to the individual who made the report that

led to the recovery or savings.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Gudex (R) , Lasee (R) , Leibham (R)

12 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , Born (R) , Endsley (R) , Honadel (R) , Jacque (R) , Nass (R) , Stone (R) , Strachota (R) , Tittl (R) , Weininger (R)

Full history

  1. May 8, 2013 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Gudex, Lasee and Leibham; cosponsored by Representatives Weininger, Jacque, Honadel, Nass, Stone, Bies, Tittl, Bernier, A. Ott, Strachota, Born and Endsley

  2. May 8, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Public Works, and Telecommunications

  3. Aug 14, 2013 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1