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Connecticut becomes the 26th state to pass a state False Claims Act

By Zachary A. Kitts

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Connecticut becomes the 26th state to pass a state False Claims Act. 

My apologies for missing this, but in December of 2009 Connecticut became the twenty-sixth state to pass a state false claims act. 

The Connecticut statute--which contains a qui tam provisions and the other requirements to meet the requirements of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005--is available here.


We are now, therefore, officially over the half-way mark towards the ultimate goal of having a state FCA in every one of the fifty states.  Every new state to add a false claims act gives lie to the frivolous arguments we are hearing in Maryland and elsewhere about these statutes.  

What is interesting is that while some states see massive legislative battles--complete with high-paid lobbyists and the coordinated campaigns of disinformation those folks bring with them--other states are able to enact this legislation with very little difficulty.  

26 states down, and 24 to go....  

 

   
 

Full post as published by Virginia Qui Tam Law on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).

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