Indiana § 5-11-5.7-1 Application; definitions

Indiana Statutes

§ 5-11-5.7-1 — Application; definitions

Indiana § 5-11-5.7-1

Title 5STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Art. 11ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS

Ch. 5.7Medicaid False Claims and Whistleblower Protection

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Ind. Code § 5-11-5.7-1 (2026).

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(a)This chapter applies only to claims, requests, demands, statements, records, acts, and omissions made or submitted in relation to the Medicaid program described in IC 12-15. Sections 3 through 18 of this chapter apply to claims, requests, demands, statements, records, acts, and omissions made or submitted in relation to the Medicaid program described in IC 12-15 in violation of IC 5-11-5.5-2 or IC 5-11-5.7-2.

(b)The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:

(1)"Claim" means a request or demand for money or property, whether under a contract or otherwise, and whether or not the state has title to the money or property, that:

(A)is presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the state; or

(B)is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient, if the money or property

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(a) This chapter applies only to claims,
requests, demands, statements, records, acts, and omissions made or
submitted in relation to the Medicaid program described in IC 12-15.
Sections 3 through 18 of this chapter apply to claims, requests,
demands, statements, records, acts, and omissions made or submitted
in relation to the Medicaid program described in IC 12-15 in violation
of IC 5-11-5.5-2 or IC 5-11-5.7-2.
(b) The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Claim" means a request or demand for money or property,
whether under a contract or otherwise, and whether or not the
state has title to the money or property, that:
(A) is presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the state;
or
(B) 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:
(i) provides or has provided any part of the money or property
that is requested or demanded; or
(ii) will reimburse the contractor, grantee, or other recipient
for any part of the money or property that is requested or
demanded.
(2) "Document", "electronically stored information", or "tangible
thing" includes:
(A) a writing, a drawing, a graph, a chart, a photograph, a sound
recording, or an image;
(B) other data or a data compilation stored in any medium from
which information can be obtained either directly or after
translation by the responding party into a reasonably usable
form;
(C) any tangible thing; and
(D) a product of discovery.
(3) "Investigation" means an inquiry conducted by an investigator
to ascertain whether a person is or has been engaged in a violation
of this chapter.
(4) "Knowing", "knowingly", or "known" means that a person,
regarding 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;
and requires no proof of specific intent to defraud.
(5) "Material" means having a natural tendency to influence, or be
capable of influencing, the payment or receipt of money or
property.
(6) "Obligation" means an established duty, whether or not the
duty is fixed, arising from:
(A) an express or implied contractual relationship;
(B) a grantor-grantee relationship;
(C) a licensor-licensee relationship;
(D) a fee-based or similar relationship;
(E) a statute;
(F) a rule or regulation; or
(G) the retention of an overpayment.
(7) "Person" includes a natural person, a corporation, a firm, an
association, an organization, a partnership, a limited liability
company, a business, or a trust.
(8) "Product of discovery" means the original or duplicate of:
(A) a deposition;
(B) an interrogatory;
(C) a document;
(D) a thing;
(E) a result of the inspection of land or other property; or
(F) an examination or admission;
that is obtained by any method of discovery in a judicial or an
administrative proceeding of an adversarial nature. The term
includes a digest, an analysis, a selection, a compilation, a
derivation, an index, or another method of accessing an item
listed in this subdivision. The term also includes electronically
stored information.
(9) "State" means Indiana or any agency of state government. The
term does not include a political subdivision.