Any person, including the secretary of the executive office of health and human services or the office of program integrity acting on behalf of the secretary of the office, injured by any violation of the provisions of § 40-8.2-3 or § 40-8.2-4 may recover through a civil action from the persons inflicting the injury three (3) times the amount of the injury.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-8.2-5
Civil remedy
Known as the Rhode Island Medical Assistance Fraud Law
The act spans §§ 40–40 (23 sections).
P.L. 1982, ch. 424, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 5, § 12.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.