Fla. Stat. 16.59
Medicaid fraud control

The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is created in the Department of Legal Affairs to 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. The offices of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid program integrity program, and the Divisions of Investigative and Forensic Services and Public Assistance Fraud within the Department of Financial Services shall, to the extent possible, be collocated; however, positions dedicated to Medicaid managed care fraud within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit shall be collocated with the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services. The Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of Legal Affairs, and the Divisions of Investigative and Forensic Services and Public Assistance Fraud within the Department of Financial Services shall conduct joint training and other joint activities designed to increase communication and coordination in recovering overpayments.

Source: Section 16.59 — Medicaid fraud control, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0016.­59 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

16.01
Residence, office, and duties of Attorney General 16.02
Appointment of person to act in case of disability of Attorney General 16.08
Superintendence and direction of state attorneys 16.09
Regulations as to the reports of state attorneys 16.015
Legal services 16.016
Payment of per diem, mileage, and other expense 16.52
Participation in preserving constitutional integrity of state 16.53
Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund 16.54
Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute 16.56
Office of Statewide Prosecution 16.57
Office of Civil Rights 16.59
Medicaid fraud control 16.60
Public records mediation program within the Office of the Attorney General 16.061
Initiative petitions 16.62
Recognition and awards 16.63
Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program 16.64
Applications for compensation through the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program 16.71
Florida Gaming Control Commission 16.0155
Contingency fee agreements 16.535
Legal Services Trust Fund 16.555
Crime Stoppers Trust Fund 16.556
Crime Stoppers Trust Fund 16.557
Crime stoppers organizations 16.615
Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys 16.617
Statewide Council on Human Trafficking 16.618
Direct-support organization 16.711
Division of Gaming Enforcement 16.712
Florida Gaming Control Commission authorizations, duties, and responsibilities 16.713
Florida Gaming Control Commission 16.714
Florida Gaming Control Commission background screening requirements 16.715
Florida Gaming Control Commission standards of conduct 16.716
Florida Gaming Control Commission public records and public meetings exemptions 16.717
Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund 16.718
Florida Gaming Control Commission 16.7175
Florida Gaming Control Commission

Current through Fall 2025

§ 16.59. Medicaid fraud control's source at flsenate​.gov