SB3587 - Tennessee - Criminal Offenses, Pharmacy, Pharmacists, Tenncare

Companion Bill HB3758. Criminal Offenses - Creates criminal offenses for fraud and doctor shopping in certain health care programs; provides TennCare Office of Inspector General authority to investigate and prosecute such offenses. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 57, Part 1; Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 29; Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 30; Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 25. Fiscal Summary for *SB3587 / HB3758Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $250,000 $6,900/Incarceration* Bill Summary for *SB3587 / HB3758 Present law authorizes the office of inspector general to investigate civil and criminal fraud and abuse of TennCare, Access Tennessee, Cover Tennessee, and CoverKids. Under present law, it is a Class E felony criminal offense for any person to obtain controlled [...]

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