                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING BENEFITS; LIABILITY FOR FRAUDULENTLY ISSUED BENEFITS;
CIVIL ACTION TO RECOVER; PENALTY (§ 32.1-321.3)

Any person who, on behalf of himself or another, issues, obtains or attempts to
obtain medical assistance benefits by means of (i) knowingly and willfully
making or causing to be made any false statement or false representation of
material fact; (ii) knowingly and willfully concealing or causing to be
concealed a material fact; or (iii) engaging in any other fraudulent scheme or
device shall be liable for repayment of the cost of all benefits issued as a
result of such fraud, plus interest on the amount of the benefits issued at the
rate of 1.5 percent per month for the period from the date upon which payment
was made for such benefits to the date on which repayment is made to the
Commonwealth.
		Such matters may be referred for criminal action to the attorney for the
Commonwealth having jurisdiction over the case. The Attorney General may,
independent of any referral to or decision of the attorney for the Commonwealth,
petition the circuit court in the jurisdiction of the alleged offense to seek an
order assessing civil penalties in the amount of the benefits issued, in
addition to repayment and interest and any other penalties provided by law.
		All civil penalties shall be deposited in the general fund of the state
treasury upon receipt.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 551; 1996, cc. 941, 991; 2010, c. 305.