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Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 16
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Section 16.59, Florida Statutes 2000

16.59  Medicaid fraud control.--There is created in the Department of Legal Affairs the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which may investigate all violations of s. 409.920 and any criminal violations discovered during the course of those investigations. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit may refer any criminal violation so uncovered to the appropriate prosecuting authority.

History.--s. 2, ch. 94-251; s. 1, ch. 96-331.