624.352 Interagency agreements to detect and deter Medicaid and public assistance fraud. - Florida Statutes

624.352 Interagency agreements to detect and deter Medicaid and public assistance fraud.

   (1) The Chief Financial Officer shall prepare model interagency agreements for the coordination of prevention, investigation, and prosecution of Medicaid and public assistance fraud to be known as “Strike Force” agreements. Parties to such agreements may include any agency that is headed by a Cabinet officer, the Governor, the Governor and Cabinet, a collegial body, or any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency.

   (2) The agreements must include, but are not limited to:

   (a) Establishing the agreement’s purpose, mission, authority, organizational structure, procedures, supervision, operations, deputations, funding, expenditures, property and equipment, reports and records, assets and forfeitures, media policy, liability, and duration.

   (b) Requiring that parties to an agreement have appropriate powers and authority relative to the purpose and mission of the agreement.

History. s. 5, ch. 2010-144.