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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 03:02:45+00:00

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L.2007, c. 265, § 1, eff. March 13, 2008.
L.2007, c. 265, § 2, eff. March 13, 2008.
L.2007, c. 265, § 3, eff. March 13, 2008.
L.2007, c. 265, § 4, eff. March 13, 2008.
L.2007, c. 265, § 5, eff. March 13, 2008. Amended by L.2009, c. 265, § 1, eff. Jan. 17, 2010.
h. The application of one civil remedy under this act shall not preclude the application of any other remedy, civil, administrative or criminal, under this act or any other provision of law. Civil and administrative remedies under this act are supplemental, not mutually exclusive. If after the filing of a complaint under section 5 of this act, the Attorney General decides to pursue an alternate administrative recovery action under subsection (e) of section 17 of P.L.1968, c. 413 (C.30:4D-17), the plaintiff shall have the same rights in the administrative recovery action as the plaintiff would have had if the action had continued in Superior Court. Any finding of fact or conclusion of law made in the proceeding under subsection (e) of section 17 of P.L.1968, c. 413 (C.30:4D-17) that has become final shall be conclusive on all parties to an action initiated under section 5 of this act. As used in this subsection, the term “final” means that the finding of fact or conclusion of law has been finally determined on appeal to the appropriate court, all time for filing such an appeal with respect to the finding or conclusion has expired, or the finding or conclusion is not subject to judicial review.
L.2007, c. 265, § 6, eff. March 13, 2008.
c. The Attorney General shall receive a fixed 10% of the proceeds in any action or settlement of the claim that it brings, which shall be deposited in the “False Claims Prosecution Fund” established in section 13 of this act and shall only be used to support its ongoing investigation and prosecution of false claims pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.2007, c. 265, § 7, eff. March 13, 2008.
L.2007, c. 265, § 8, eff. March 13, 2008. Amended by L.2009, c. 265, § 2, eff. Jan. 17, 2010.
c. No action brought under this act shall be based upon the public disclosure of allegations or transactions in a criminal, civil, or administrative hearing, in an investigation, report, hearing or audit conducted by or at the request of the Legislature or by the news media, unless the action is brought by the Attorney General, or unless the person bringing the action is an original source of the information. For purposes of this subsection, the term “original source” means an individual who has direct and independent knowledge of the information on which the allegations are based and has voluntarily provided the information to the State before filing an action under this act based on the information.
L.2007, c. 265, § 9, eff. March 13, 2008. Amended by L.2009, c. 265, § 3, eff. Jan. 17, 2010.
L.2007, c. 265, § 10, eff. March 13, 2008.
L.2007, c. 265, § 11, eff. March 13, 2008.
L.2007, c. 265, § 12, eff. March 13, 2008.
a. There is established in the General Fund the “False Claims Prosecution Fund” as a nonlapsing revolving fund in the Department of the Treasury. Monies deposited in the fund shall be utilized by the Attorney General for the exclusive purpose of investigating and prosecuting false claims. The State Treasurer shall deposit 10% of the proceeds recovered by the Attorney General pursuant to subsection c. of section 7 of P.L.2007, c. 265 (C.2A:32C-7) in the False Claims Prosecution Fund.
b. The State Treasurer shall deposit 25% of the State share of monies recovered from actions related to false or fraudulent Medicaid claims brought pursuant to this act in the “Medicaid Fraud Control Fund” established by section 10 of P.L.2007, c. 58 (C.30:4D-62).
L.2007, c. 265, § 13, eff. March 13, 2008.
L.2007, c. 265, § 14, eff. March 13, 2008.
This act shall not be construed as waiving the sovereign immunity of the State and its officers and employees as otherwise provided by law.
L.2007, c. 265, § 15, eff. March 13, 2008.
This act shall not abrogate or modify any existing statutory or common law privileges or immunities.
L.2007, c. 265, § 17, eff. March 13, 2008.
This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial and deterrent purposes. If any provision of this act or its application to any particular person or circumstance is held invalid, that provision or its application is severable and does not affect the validity of other provisions or applications of this act.
L.2007, c. 265, § 18, eff. March 13, 2008.
L.2009, c. 265, § 4, eff. Jan. 17, 2010.

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