2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 31 - Labor
Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation
Section 31-49r - Disqualification from program. Repayment of benefits. Wilful misrepresentation. Financial penalties. Health care providers. Medical certifications.
(a) Any individual participating in the program who wilfully makes a false statement or misrepresentation regarding a material fact, or wilfully fails to report a material fact, to obtain family and medical leave compensation shall be disqualified from receiving any compensation under the program for two years after making such false statement or misrepresentation or failing to report such material fact.
(b) If family and medical leave compensation is paid to a covered employee erroneously or as a result of wilful misrepresentation by such employee, or if a claim for family and medical leave compensation is rejected after compensation is paid, the authority may seek repayment of benefits from the employee having received such compensation and may also, in the case of wilful misrepresentation, seek payment of a penalty in the amount of fifty per cent of the benefits paid as a result of such misrepresentation. The authority may waive, in whole or in part, the amount of any such payments if the recovery would be against equity and good conscience.
(c) If family and medical leave compensation is paid as a result of wilful misrepresentation by any health care provider, the authority shall notify the Labor Commissioner and may seek payment of a penalty from such health care provider in the amount of three hundred per cent of the benefits paid as a result of such misrepresentation. The authority may waive, in whole or in part, the amount of any such payments where the recovery would be against equity and good conscience.
(d) Any person, including an employer, who intentionally aids, abets, assists, promotes or facilitates the making of, or the attempt to make, any claim for benefits or the receipt or attempted receipt of benefits by another person in violation of subsection (b) of this section shall be liable for the same financial penalty as the person making or attempting to make the claim or receiving or attempting to receive the benefits.
(e) A health care provider shall complete a timely medical certification of a patient's serious medical condition at the request of the patient. No health care provider shall charge a patient a fee for such service.
(P.A. 19-25, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 19-25 effective June 25, 2019.
