The Department of Human Services shall establish and operate a fraud control program. The Department shall proceed against any individual member of a family, regardless of payment status under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, whom it believes to have committed an intentional program violation pursuant to federal law through an administrative hearing or by referring the matter to the appropriate authorities for civil or criminal action in a state or federal court. In proceeding against such an individual, the Department shall coordinate its actions with any corresponding actions being taken under Medicaid fraud programs where the factual issues arise from the same or related circumstances.

Added by Laws 1995, HB 1673, c. 346, § 25, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995.