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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1215 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 705

Sec. 705. Military health system fraud and abuse prevention program

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Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1073d the following new section: The Secretary of Defense is authorized to conduct a program to prevent and remedy fraud and abuse in health care programs of the Department of Defense, including all programs carried out under this chapter. At the discretion of the Secretary, the program may be administered jointly by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the Director of the Defense Health Agency.
The authorities granted to the Secretary of Defense and the Inspector General of the Department of Defense under section 1128A(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(m)) shall be available to the Secretary and the Inspector General in carrying out the program authorized by subsection (a). Except to the extent inconsistent with this section, the provisions of such section 1128A apply to civil monetary penalties under this subsection. Amounts collected under subsection
(b)shall be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of collection for expenses of the affected Department of Defense health care program. Any such amounts may be used to support the administration of the program authorized by subsection (a), including support for interagency agreements entered into under subsection (d). The authority provided under this subsection shall be in addition to the authority provided under section 1079a of this title. The Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General, and heads of other Federal agencies for the effective and efficient implementation of the program authorized by subsection (a). Nothing in this section may be construed as limiting any authority of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense under any other provision of law. In this section: The term fraud and abuse means any conduct for which a civil monetary penalty may be assessed under subsection (b). The term Defense Health Agency means the organizational entity established by the Secretary of Defense under section 191 of this title for the administration of programs under this chapter. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1073d the following new item: 1073e. Health care fraud and abuse prevention. .
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