Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare

42 U.S.C. § 300d: Prohibition against certain false statements

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Federal law prohibits knowingly making false statements about items or services paid by state funds, or concealing events affecting payment eligibility. Violators may face fines and up to 5 years imprisonment.

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A person may not knowingly and willfully make or cause to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in connection with the furnishing of items or services for which payments may be made by a State from amounts paid to the State under section 300d–11(a) of this title . A person with knowledge of the occurrence of any event affecting the right of the person to receive any payments from amounts paid to the State under section 300d–11(a) of this title may not conceal or fail to disclose any such event with the intent of fraudulently securing such amount. Any person who violates a prohibition established in subsection (a) may for each violation be fined in accordance with title 18, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

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