§ 5-11-5.7-1 Application; definitions
§ 5-11-5.7-2 Liability for presenting, making, or using false claims, false records or statements, conspiracy
§ 5-11-5.7-3 Concurrent jurisdiction to investigate; civil action; certification of findings; intervention; disqualification
§ 5-11-5.7-4 Civil action for violations on behalf of a person or the state; requirements; dismissal of claim; serving of complaint; extensions of time; intervention
§ 5-11-5.7-5 Attorney general and inspector general responsibilities in intervention; dismissal of action; settlement of action; limitations
§ 5-11-5.7-6 Entitlement for person who initially filed complaint; attorney’s fees and costs; state not liable for expenses and costs
§ 5-11-5.7-7 No court jurisdiction for actions brought by incarcerated offenders, actions brought against certain officeholders, actions subject to civil suit or criminal prosecution, or actions based on information contained in specified documents
§ 5-11-5.7-8 Entitled relief for employees, contractors, or agents; three year limitation
§ 5-11-5.7-9 Subpoena; barring of civil action timing; establishment of elements of offense and damages by preponderance of the evidence; estoppel if conviction of crime involving fraud or false statements
§ 5-11-5.7-10 Issuance of civil investigative demand concerning documents and information; requirements
§ 5-11-5.7-11 Civil investigative demand include description of conduct constituting violation involving a false claim; requirements; return; date for oral testimony requirements
§ 5-11-5.7-12 Demand limitations if disclosure is protected; civil investigative demand supersedes contrary orders, rules, provisions that prevent or restrict disclosure; does not constitute waiver of a right or privilege
§ 5-11-5.7-13 Service of investigative demand
§ 5-11-5.7-14 Production of documentary material, interrogatories, and examinations in accordance with rules of civil procedure
§ 5-11-5.7-15 Issuer of civil investigative demand as custodian; transmittal and possession of documents; copies; restricted availability of documents; return of materials
§ 5-11-5.7-16 Sanctions for failure to comply; protective order
§ 5-11-5.7-17 Confidentiality of material and information
§ 5-11-5.7-18 Proceedings governed by Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 5 > Article 11 > Chapter 5.7 - Medicaid False Claims and Whistleblower Protection

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • state: means any board, commission, department, division, bureau, committee, agency, governmental subdivision, military body, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, but does not include a municipality. See Indiana Code 5-11-1-16
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.