On June 26, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 23-129: “An Act Concerning Liability for False and Fraudulent Claims” (the Act). The Act expands application of Connecticut’s False Claims Act (CFCA) to all claims for money or property to the state of Connecticut (except as expressly provided in the CFCA) and accordingly expands the scope of conduct covered by the CFCA. The Act does so by removing the current limitation on the CFCA’s applicability to only state-administered health or human services programs. The Act took effect July 1, 2023.
Currently, among other things, the CFCA makes it unlawful to knowingly present, or cause to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval under a state-administered health or human services program. A state-administered health or human services program is any program administered by: the Department of Children and Families; the Department of Developmental Services; the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; the Department of Public Health; the Department of Aging and Disability Services; the Department of Social Services ; the Office of Early Childhood; the Office of the State Comptroller for the State Employee and Retiree Health programs and health care programs administered by the Office of the State Comptroller; and the Department of Administrative Services for Workers’ Compensation medical claims. The CFCA has thus been limited to only claims that arise under those...
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