Louisiana § 46:114.4 Fraud Detection Fund

Louisiana Statutes

§ 46:114.4 — Fraud Detection Fund

Louisiana § 46:114.4

Title 46Public Welfare and Assistance

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La. Stat. Ann. § 46:114.4 (2026).

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§114.4. Fraud Detection Fund A. The Fraud Detection Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund", is hereby created in the state treasury as a special fund. B. All money recovered through fraud detection shall be deposited into the state treasury after reimbursement of the federal funding agency's share. C.

(1)After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and prior to monies being placed in the state general fund, the following amounts shall be credited to the fund:

(a)An amount equal to that deposited as required by Subsection B of this Section.

(b)An amount equal to that deposited in accordance with R.S. 46:231.14(G).

(2)The monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided by S

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§114.4. Fraud Detection Fund
A. The Fraud Detection Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund", is hereby created
in the state treasury as a special fund.
B. All money recovered through fraud detection shall be deposited into the state
treasury after reimbursement of the federal funding agency's share.
C.(1) After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the
Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and prior to
monies being placed in the state general fund, the following amounts shall be credited to the
fund:
(a) An amount equal to that deposited as required by Subsection B of this Section.
(b) An amount equal to that deposited in accordance with R.S. 46:231.14(G).
(2) The monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided by Subsection D of this
Section and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature. The monies in this fund
shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general
fund, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to this fund,
again, following compliance with the requirement of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the
Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.
D. The monies in the fund may be appropriated by the legislature to the Louisiana
Department of Health for the enhancement of fraud detection and recovery activities in an
amount not to exceed the balance on hand in the fund at the end of the previous calendar
year. These funds shall not be used to replace, displace, or supplant state general funds
appropriated for daily operation of any regional fraud detection activities of the Louisiana
Department of Health.
E. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of each fiscal
year shall remain in the fund to the credit of the Louisiana Department of Health.
NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 560, §10.

Legislative History

Acts 1990, No. 698, §1; Acts 1992, No. 773, §1, eff. July 7, 1992; Acts 2001, No. 1182, §6, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2014, No. 842, §1, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2025, No. 478, §12, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.