{"id":62,"date":"2007-05-07T10:59:37","date_gmt":"2007-05-07T10:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2007\/05\/texas_upgrades_its_qui_tam_whi.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:54:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:54:25","slug":"texas_upgrades_its_qui_tam_whi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/texas_upgrades_its_qui_tam_whi\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Upgrades Its Qui Tam Whistleblower Statute–and Considers An Even Better Whistleblower Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just after Georgia, New York, and Oklahoma have passed new whistleblower laws similar to the federal False Claims Act to protect at least state Medicaid funds, Texas is poised to do even more. <\/p>\n

We were pleased to see that, on May 4, Texas upgraded its already successful Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act. The changes were designed to allow Texas to receive a greater share of Medicaid fraud recoveries, as we have written about previously on this whistleblowerlawyerblog.<\/a> The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 creates incentives for states to pass False Claims Acts with qui tam whistleblower provisions that are at least as effective as the federal False Claims Act.<\/p>\n

Also smart and beneficial to taxpayers, the Texas Senate and a House Committee also have passed a new “Texas False Claims Act,” S.B 1309, which protects state funds other than simply those in the State Medicaid Program. It makes sense from a taxpayer’s perspective to protect all state funds from fraud and false claims, and Texas appears ready to do so.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just after Georgia, New York, and Oklahoma have passed new whistleblower laws similar to the federal False Claims Act to protect at least state Medicaid funds, Texas is poised to do even more. We were pleased to see that, on May 4, Texas upgraded its already successful Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act. 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