2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319v - Medical Assistance
Section 17b-301a - Prohibited acts re medical assistance: Definitions.

As used in this section and section 17b-301b:

(1) “Knowing” and “knowingly” means that a person, with respect to information: (A) Has actual knowledge of the information; (B) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or (C) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information, without regard to whether the person intends to defraud;

(2) “Claim” (A) means any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise, for money or property and whether or not the state has title to the money or property that (i) is presented to an officer, employee or agent of the state, or (ii) is made to a contractor, grantee or other recipient, if the money or property is to be spent or used on the state’s behalf or to advance a state program or interest, and if the state provides or has provided any portion of the money or property that is requested or demanded, or if the state will reimburse such contractor, grantee or other recipient for any portion of the money or property that is requested or demanded, (B) does not include a request or demand for money or property that the state has paid to an individual as compensation for state employment or as an income subsidy with no restrictions on that individual’s use of the money or property;

(3) “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust or other legal entity;

(4) “State” means the state of Connecticut, any agency or department of the state or any quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120;

(5) “Obligation” means an established duty, whether fixed or not, arising from (A) an express or implied contractual, grantor-grantee or licensor-licensee relationship, (B) a fee-based or similar relationship, (C) statute or regulation, or (D) the retention of an overpayment; and

(6) “Material” means having a natural tendency to influence, or be capable of influencing, the payment or receipt of money or property.

(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 1; P.A. 11-44, S. 153.)

History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-44 amended Subdiv. (2) by redefining “claim”, added Subdiv. (5) defining “obligation” and added Subdiv. (6) defining “material”, effective June 13, 2011.