Effective 01 Jul 1979, see footnote
198.142. Health care provider and vendor not to misrepresent or conceal facts or convert benefits for payments. — A health care provider or vendor shall not knowingly:
(1) Make or cause to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in any application for any benefit or payment under Medicaid for services provided to any resident;
(2) Make or cause to be made any false statement or representation of any material fact for use in determining the person's eligibility for any benefit or payment under Medicaid for services provided to any resident;
(3) Conceal or fail to disclose any material fact that affects his eligibility for any benefit or payment under Medicaid for services provided to any resident or affects the eligibility of another for whom he applies or for whom he receives such benefit or payment, with the intent to secure the benefit or payment in a greater quantity than is due or to secure the benefit or payment when none is permitted;
(4) Convert a benefit or payment he receives under Medicaid for services provided to a resident for a use or benefit other than that for which it was specifically intended.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 328, et al. § 46)
Effective 7-1-79
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