Source: http://www.whistleblowerlaws.com/false-claims-act/texas-false-claims-act/
Timestamp: 2014-12-21 20:48:19
Document Index: 628504142

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 7', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 12', '§ 4', '§ 13', '§ 5', '§ 1']

Texas False Claims Act - Texas Whistleblower Act
Texas False Claims Act The Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act allows whistleblowers to bring suit in the name of the State of Texas where a wrongdoer engages in conduct that defrauds the state or local government of its healthcare dollars. This statute is designed to address Medicaid fraud.
Stats. 1995 74th Leg. Sess. Ch. 824, effective September 1, 1995; Stats. 1997 75th Leg. Sess. Chs. 959, 1153, §, Stats. 2001 77th Leg. Sess. Ch. 1481, effective September 1, 2001 (expiration date amended); Stats. 2005 79th Leg. Sess., Ch. 806 (S.B. 563), § 7, effective September 1, 2005; Stats. 2007, 80th Leg. Sess., Ch. 29, § 1, effective May 4, 2007.
36.102. Initiation of Action
Added by Stats. 2007, 80th Leg. Sess., Ch. 29, § 2, effective May 4, 2007.
Stats. 1997 75th Leg. Sess. Ch. 1153, effective September 1, 1997; Stats. 2001 77th Leg. Sess. Ch. 1481, effective September 1, 2001 (expiration date amended); Stats. 2005 79th Leg. Sess., Ch. 806 (S.B. 563), § 12, effective September 1, 2005; Stats. 2007, 80th Leg. Sess., Ch. 29, § 4, effective May 4, 2007.
Stats. 1997 75th Leg. Sess. Ch. 1153, effective September 1, 1997; Stats. 2001 77th Leg. Sess. Ch. 1481, effective September 1, 2001 (expiration date amended); Stats. 2005 79th Leg. Sess., Ch. 806 (S.B. 563), § 13, effective September 1, 2005; Stats. 2007, 80th Leg. Sess., Ch. 29, § 5, effective May 4, 2007.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, § 1.06(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. The Whistleblower Experience	Getting Started
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