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New Jersey False Claims Act | Hagens Berman | National Class Action Litigation Firm based in Seattle, WA
(N.J. STAT. ANN. §§ 2A:32C-1—32C-18)
§ 2A:32C-1 Short title.
§ 2A:32C-2 Definitions relative to false claims.
§ 2A:32C-3 Civil liability for false, fraudulent claim.
§ 2A:32C-4 Reduction of treble damages by court, conditions.
§ 2A:32C-5 Investigation of violation; prosecution of crime.
§ 2A:32C-6 Primary responsibility for prosecuting action; remedies, supplementary.
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.
§ 2A:32C-7 Distribution of proceeds.
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.
§ 2A:32C-8 Awarding of attorney’s fees, expenses and costs.
§ 2A:32C-9 Immunity from civil liability; limitations on bringing an action.
§ 2A:32C-10 Disclosure of information by employee, employee protections.
§ 2A:32C-11 Statute of limitations for bringing civil action.
§ 2A:32C-12 Evidence required for action, preponderance.
§ 2A:32C-13 “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).
§ 2A:32C-14 Issuance of subpoenas, warrant for arrest; other power of Attorney General.
§ 2A:32C-15 Sovereign immunity preserved.
§ 2A:32C-16 Existing law, certain, unaffected.
§ 2A:32C-17 Liberal construction, severability.
§ 2A:32C-18 Report to Legislature.
a. The number of cases the Attorney General filed during the previous calendar year under the "New Jersey False Claims Act," P.L.2007, c.265 (C.2A:32C-1 et seq.);
b. The number of cases private individuals filed under the "New Jersey False Claims Act," P.L.2007, c.265 (C.2A:32C-1 et seq.) during the previous calendar year, including those cases that remain under seal, and specifying for those cases no longer under seal: