§ 8A-14 — Bribery and graft in connection with health care

(a) As used in this Section: "Health care official" means any of the following: (1) An administrator, officer, trustee, fiduciary, custodian, counsel, agent, or employee of any health plan. (2) An officer, counsel, agent, or employee of an organization that provides, proposes to provide, or contracts to provide services to any health plan. (3) An official, employee, or agent of a State or federal agency having regulatory or administrative authority over any health plan. "Health plan" has the meaning attributed to that term in Section 8A-13. (b) Any person, firm, corporation, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity that (1) directly or indirectly gives, offers, or promises anything of value to a health care official, or offers or promises to a health care official to give anything of value to another person, with the intent (A) to influence or reward any act or decision of any health care official exercising any authority in any State or federally funded or mandated health plan other than as specifically allowed by law, or (B) to influence the official to commit, aid in the commission of, or conspire to allow any fraud in a State or federally funded or mandated health plan, or (C) to induce the official to engage in any conduct in violation of the official's lawful duty, or (2) being a health care official, directly or indirectly demands, solicits, receives, accepts, or agrees to accept anything of value personally or for any other person or entity, the giving of which would violate paragraph (1) of this subsection, is guilty of a violation of this Article and shall be punished as provided in Section 8A-6.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 90-538, eff. 12-1-97.)