Kansas Statutes 75-7508. Same; recovered proceeds, distribution; false claims litigation revolving fund
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-7508
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Proceeds recovered as a result of an action filed pursuant to the Kansas false claims act shall be distributed in the following order:
(1) To refund moneys falsely obtained from the federal government, state government or political subdivision thereof pursuant to subsection (b); and
(2) to the state treasurer for deposit in the state general fund pursuant to subsection (c).
(b) A portion of the recovery equal to the amount of moneys falsely obtained from the federal government, state government, affected political subdivision thereof or state agencies, or a combination thereof, shall be remitted to the appropriate entity shown to be defrauded, subject to any further requirements established by federal or state law.
(c) That portion of any recovery remitted to the state treasurer pursuant to subsection (a) shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state general fund and, subject to any relevant guidelines of the federal department of health and human services’ office of inspector general regarding repayment of fees or recoveries, shall credit 10% of such remittance to the false claims litigation revolving fund, which is hereby established in the state treasury. Moneys in the false claims litigation revolving fund may be expended by the attorney general for the purpose of hiring necessary staff and to defray the costs of investigating and litigating ongoing false claims cases and may be shared at the direction of the attorney general with the Kansas medicaid fraud and abuse division, Kansas bureau of investigation or any county, city or private attorneys who may be utilized or contracted with pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-7504, and amendments thereto, in carrying out the purposes of this act and any other operating expenses incurred in administering the Kansas false claims act. All expenditures from the false claims litigation revolving fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the attorney general or the attorney general’s designee.