For purposes of the False Medicaid Claims Act: (1) Attorney General means the Attorney General, the office of the Attorney General, or a designee of the Attorney General; (2) Claim means any request or demand, whether under a contract or otherwise, for money or property, and whether or not the state has title to the money or property, that: (a) Is presented to an officer, employee, or agent of the state; or (b) Is made to a contractor, grantee, or other recipient, if the money or property is to be spent or used on the state's behalf or to advance a state program or interest, and if the state: (i) Provides or has provided any portion of the money or property requested or demanded; or (ii) Will reimburse such contractor, grantee, or other recipient for any portion of the money or property which is requested or demanded; (3) Good or service includes (a) any particular item, device, medical supply, or service claimed to have been provided to a recipient and listed in an itemized claim for payment and (b) any entry in the cost report, books of account, or other documents supporting such good or service; (4)(a) Knowing and knowingly means that a person, with respect to information: (i) Has actual knowledge of the information; (ii) Acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or (iii) Acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information. (b) Acts committed in a knowing manner or committed knowingly shall not require proof of a specific intent to defraud; (5) Material means having a natural tendency to influence or be capable of influencing the payment or receipt of money or property; (6) Obligation means an established duty, whether or not fixed, arising from (a) an express or implied contractual, grantor-grantee, or licensor-licensee relationship, (b) a fee-based or similar relationship, (c) statute or rule or regulation, or (d) the retention of any overpayment; (7) Person means any body politic or corporate, society, community, the public generally, individual, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, or association; and (8) Recipient means an individual who is eligible to receive goods or services for which payment may be made under the medical assistance program.
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