HB 1707
MS False Claims Act; create.
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Bill overview
An act to create the "mississippi false claims act"; To prohibit any person from knowingly presenting, OR causing to be presented, a false OR fraudulent claim for payment OR approval to a state agency OR any employee OR agent of a state agency; To require state agencies to diligently investigate suspected violations of the act; To authorize CIVIL action by a qui tam plaintiff; To provide for a monetary award to the qui tam plaintiff out of the proceeds of the action OR settlement, if any; To bar certain CIVIL actions; To provide a statute of limitations for bringing a CIVIL action under the act; To prohibit employer interference with employee disclosure; To provide that the remedies provided IN the act are not exclusive and shall be IN addition to any other remedies provided by law; And for related purposes.
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