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A07989 Summary:

A07989 Actions:

A07989 Committee Votes:

Committee:JUDICIARY   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/07/2017AYE/NAY:19/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Weinstein
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Titus
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Graf
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Lupinacci
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Simotas
Excused
Quart
Aye
Titone
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Steck
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Simon
Aye
Joyner
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:06/07/2017AYE/NAY:22/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Lentol
Aye
Graf
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Titus
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:06/12/2017AYE/NAY:32/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Excused
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Walter
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Perry
Aye
Curran
Aye
Colton
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Moya
Excused
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/15/2017AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Finch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Raia
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Excused
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye

A07989 Floor Votes:

A07989 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7989
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 24, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL, WEINSTEIN -- (at request of the Depart-
          ment of Law) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  state finance law, in relation to adjustment of
          penalties due to inflation
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
     2  adjustment  of  the  minimum and maximum penalty amounts provided in New
     3  York's False Claims Act is necessary in order for New York  to  maintain
     4  compliance  with the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Social Secu-
     5  rity Act § 1090(a) (the  "DRA")  by  providing  for  penalty  provisions
     6  equally  effective  to  the federal False Claims Act.  The federal False
     7  Claims Act, amended effective August 1, 2016, provides for adjustment of
     8  federal civil penalties based on inflation; the New  York  False  Claims
     9  Act  currently  provides  only  for  fixed  penalties. When state law is
    10  compliant with the DRA, the state  is  entitled  to  receive  a  greater
    11  percentage share of recoveries from enforcement actions concerning Medi-
    12  caid  program funds, regardless of the actual amount of penalty imposed.
    13  When state law falls out of compliance, the state is at risk  of  losing
    14  tens of millions of dollars annually.  It is the legislative intent that
    15  this act maintains the state's compliance with federal Deficit Reduction
    16  Act  and  federal False Claims Act penalties without the need for legis-
    17  lation enactments to adjust for inflation.
    18    § 2. Paragraph (h) of subdivision  1  of  section  189  of  the  state
    19  finance law, as amended by section 8 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
    20  of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    21    (h) knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases
    22  an  obligation  to  pay  or transmit money or property to the state or a
    23  local government, or conspires to do the same; shall be  liable  to  the
    24  state  or  a local government, as applicable, for a civil penalty of not
    25  less than six  thousand  dollars  and  not  more  than  twelve  thousand
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10852-02-7
        A. 7989                             2
 
     1  dollars,  except  that  these  lower and upper limits on liability shall
     2  automatically be adjusted to equal the civil penalty allowed  under  the
     3  federal  False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. sec.  3729, et seq., as amended, if
     4  and  as  the penalties in said federal False Claims Act are adjusted for
     5  inflation by the Federal Civil Penalties  Inflation  Adjustment  Act  of
     6  1990,  as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note; Pub. L. No. 101-410), plus three
     7  times the amount of all damages, including consequential damages,  which
     8  the  state  or  local  government  sustains  because  of the act of that
     9  person.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.