{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-5-11-5.5-2","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 5-11-5.5-2","heading":"False claims; civil penalty; reduced penalty for certain disclosures","body":"Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to:\n(1) a claim, record, or statement concerning income tax (IC 6-3); or\n(2) a claim, request, demand, statement, record, act, or omission made or submitted after June 30, 2014, in relation to the Medicaid program described in IC 12-15.\n(b) A person who knowingly or intentionally:\n(1) presents a false claim to the state for payment or approval;\n(2) makes or uses a false record or statement to obtain payment or approval of a false claim from the state;\n(3) with intent to defraud the state, delivers less money or property to the state than the amount recorded on the certificate or receipt the person receives from the state;\n(4) with intent to defraud the state, authorizes issuance of a receipt without knowing that the information on the receipt is true;\n(5) receives public property as a pledge of an obligation on a debt from an employee who is not lawfully authorized to sell or pledge the property;\n(6) makes or uses a false record or statement to avoid an obligation to pay or transmit property to the state;\n(7) conspires with another person to perform an act described in subdivisions (1) through (6); or\n(8) causes or induces another person to perform an act described in subdivisions (1) through (6);\nis, except as provided in subsection (c), liable to the state for a civil penalty of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) and for up to three (3) times the amount of damages sustained by the state. In addition, a person who violates this section is liable to the state for the costs of a civil action brought to recover a penalty or damages.\n(c) If the factfinder determines that the person who violated this section:\n(1) furnished state officials with all information known to the person about the violation not later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the person obtained the information;\n(2) fully cooperated with the investigation of the violation; and\n(3) did not have knowledge of the existence of an investigation, a criminal prosecution, a civil action, or an administrative action concerning the violation at the time the person provided information to state officials;\nthe person is liable for a penalty of not less than two (2) times the amount of damages that the state sustained because of the violation. A person who violates this section is also liable to the state for the costs of a civil action brought to recover a penalty or damages.","path":["TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 11. ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS","Chapter 5.5. False Claims and Whistleblower Protection"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_5.html#5-11-5.5-2","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:11:39Z","sha256":"9571863a8c73ae1b720191b5d976524247bd43474be3756e28ce6aa901e2faa1","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-5-11-5.5-1","next":"us-in/ic-5-11-5.5-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}