I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3245 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase civil money penalties 
and criminal fines for Federal health care program fraud and abuse, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2017 
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Ms. CASTOR of Florida) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to increase 
civil money penalties and criminal fines for Federal 
health care program fraud and abuse, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Civil and 
Criminal Penalties Update Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND 
INCREASED 
SENTENCES 
FOR 
FEDERAL 
HEALTH CARE PROGRAM FRAUD AND ABUSE. 
(a) INCREASED
CIVIL
MONEY
PENALTIES
AND 
CRIMINAL FINES.— 
(1) INCREASED CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES.—Sec-
tion 1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320a–7a) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the matter fol-
lowing paragraph (10)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$20,000’’ each place it appears; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$15,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$30,000’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$100,000’’ each place it appears; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), in the flush text 
following subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’. 
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(2) 
INCREASED
CRIMINAL
FINES.—Section 
1128B of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the matter fol-
lowing paragraph (6)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$25,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$100,000’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$20,000’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), in the flush text 
following subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), in the flush text 
following subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’; 
(C) 
in 
subsection 
(c), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’; 
(D) in subsection (d), in the flush text fol-
lowing paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$25,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’; and 
(E) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$2,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$4,000’’. 
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