GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 304

Short Title:  County Share/Day Care Fraud Collections.   	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Odom.

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Referred to:  Children and Human Resources.

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March 5, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE COUNTIES WITH FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO INVESTIGATE AND PURSUE DAY CARE FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS BY PAYING COUNTIES TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ACTUAL COLLECTIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a) The Department of Human Resources shall award each county incentive bonuses for each of the county's day care fraud and overpayment claims collected.  Each incentive bonus shall equal twenty-five percent (25%) of the actual amount collected and recouped by the county.  Incentive bonuses paid pursuant to this section shall be used by the county for subsidized day care.  On or before each fiscal year, each county shall report to Department of Human Resources on the use of the incentive bonuses paid pursuant to this section during the previous fiscal year.
(b) This act does not apply to claims for day care fraud recouped pursuant to the AFDC Fraud Control Program.  Incentive bonuses for claims for day care fraud recouped pursuant to the AFDC Fraud Control Program shall be paid pursuant to Section 24.30 of Chapter 18 of the Session Laws, Second Extra Session 1996.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to day care fraud and overpayment claims collected after July 1, 1997.