The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, on or before September 1, 1996, to provide a financial incentive for the reporting of vendor fraud in any program under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Services by offering a person up to fifteen per cent of any amounts recovered by the state as a result of such person's report.(P.A. 83-348, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-169, S. 1.)History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-83n transferred to Sec. 17b-102 in 1995; P.A. 96-169 required the commissioner to adopt regulations 'on or before September 1, 1996', and expanded the provision of a financial incentive for the reporting of vendor fraud from the medical assistance program to any program under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Services.
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