§ 5-11-5.7-10 — Issuance of civil investigative demand concerning documents and information; requirements

Indiana § 5-11-5.7-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 11: ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS
• Ch. 5.7: Medicaid False Claims and Whistleblower Protection

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(a) Whenever the attorney general, the
inspector general, or the designee of the attorney general or the
inspector general has reason to believe that a person may be in
possession, custody, or control of documentary material, electronically
stored information, a tangible thing, or information relevant to an
investigation under this chapter involving a false claim, the attorney
general, the inspector general, or the designee of the attorney general
or inspector general may, before commencing a civil proceeding under
this chapter, issue and serve a civil investigative demand requiring the
person to do one (1) or more of the following:
(1) Produce the documentary material, electronically stored
information, or tangible thing for inspection and copying.
(2) Answer an interrogatory in writing concerning the
documentary material, electronically stored information, tangible
thing, or information.
(3) Give oral testimony concerning the documentary material,
electronically stored information, tangible thing, or information.
(4) Furnish any combination of material, other evidence, answers,
or testimony.
(b) If a civil investigative demand is a specific demand for a product
of discovery, the official issuing the civil investigative demand shall:
(1) serve a copy of the civil investigative demand on the person
from whom the discovery was obtained; and
(2) notify the person to whom the civil investigative demand is
issued of the date of service.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.197-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.109-2014, SEC.11.