Citations Affected: IC 5-11; IC 12-7.
Synopsis: Definition of knowing. Defines various forms of the word
"know" for purposes of the false claims act and for statutes regarding
improper Medicaid payments.
Effective: Upon passage.
January 11, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider
Services.
January 25, 2007, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
Medicaid.
instructions and all other materials necessary to use or
interpret the data compilations; and
(C) a product of discovery.
(3) "Investigation" means an inquiry conducted by an investigator
to ascertain whether a person is or has been engaged in a violation
of this chapter.
(4) "Knowing", "knowingly", or "known" means that a
person, regarding information:
(A) has actual knowledge of the information;
(B) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the
information; or
(C) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the
information.
(4) (5) "Person" includes a natural person, a corporation, a firm,
an association, an organization, a partnership, a limited liability
company, a business, or a trust.
(5) (6) "Product of discovery" means the original or duplicate of:
(A) a deposition;
(B) an interrogatory;
(C) a document;
(D) a thing;
(E) a result of the inspection of land or other property; or
(F) an examination or admission;
that is obtained by any method of discovery in a judicial or an
administrative proceeding of an adversarial nature. The term
includes a digest, an analysis, a selection, a compilation, a
derivation, an index, or another method of accessing an item
listed in this subdivision.
(6) (7) "State" means Indiana or any agency of state government.
The term does not include a political subdivision.