JurisdictionCaliforniaCode WICWelfare and Institutions Code - WIC
Div. 9.DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
Part 3.PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Ch. 7.CHAPTER 7. Basic Health Care
Art. 3.ARTICLE 3. Administration
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Any person who knowingly and willfully charges, solicits, accepts, or receives, in addition to any amount payable under this chapter, any gift, money, contribution, donation, or other consideration as a precondition to providing services or merchandise to a Medi-Cal beneficiary for any service or merchandise in the Medi-Cal program’s scope of benefits in addition to a claim submitted to the
Medi-Cal program under this chapter or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), except either:
(1)To collect payments due under a contractual or legal entitlement pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14000; or
(2)To bill a long-term care patient or representative for the amount of the patient’s share of the cost; or
(3)As provided under Section 14019.3, is punishable upon a first conviction
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Any person who knowingly and willfully charges, solicits, accepts, or receives, in addition to any amount payable under this chapter, any gift, money, contribution, donation, or other consideration as a precondition to providing services or merchandise to a Medi-Cal beneficiary for any service or merchandise in the Medi-Cal program’s scope of benefits in addition to a claim submitted to the
Medi-Cal program under this chapter or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200), except either:
(1)
To collect payments due under a contractual or legal entitlement pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14000; or
(2)
To bill a long-term care patient or representative for the amount of the patient’s share of the cost; or
(3)
As provided under Section 14019.3, is punishable upon a first conviction by imprisonment in the county jail for not longer than one year or pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both such imprisonment and fine. A second or subsequent conviction shall be punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code.