{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-5053.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-5053.1","heading":"Definitions - Civil penalty for false or fraudulent","body":"claims.\n\nA. For purposes of this section:\n\n1. \"Claim\":\n\na. means any request or demand for money or property,\n\nwhether under a contract or otherwise and whether or\n\nnot the state has title to the money or property,\n\nthat:\n\n(1) is presented to an officer, employee or agent of\n\nthe state, or\n\n(2) is made to a contractor, grantee or other\n\nrecipient, if the money or property is to be\n\nspent or used on the state's behalf or to advance\n\na state program or interest, and if this state:\n\n(a) provides or has provided any portion of the\n\nmoney or property requested or demanded, or\n\n(b) will reimburse such contractor, grantee or\n\nother recipient for any portion of the money\n\nor property which is requested or demanded;\n\nand\n\nb. shall not include requests or demands for money or\n\nproperty that the government has paid to an individual\n\nas compensation for state employment or as an income\n\nsubsidy with no restrictions on the individual's use\n\nof the money or property;\n\n2. \"Knowing\" and \"knowingly\" mean that a person, with respect\n\nto information:\n\na. has actual knowledge of the information,\n\nb. acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity\n\nof the information, or\n\nc. acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of\n\nthe information.\n\nNo proof of specific intent to defraud is required;\n\n3. \"Material\" means having a natural tendency to influence or\n\nbe capable of influencing the payment or receipt of money or\n\nproperty; and\n\n4. \"Obligation\" means an established duty, whether or not\n\nfixed, arising from an express or implied contractual, grantor-\n\ngrantee or licensor-licensee relationship, from a fee-based or\n\nsimilar relationship, from statute or regulation or from the\n\nretention of any overpayment.\n\nB. Any person who:\n\n1. Knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or\n\nfraudulent claim for payment or approval;\n\n2. Knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used, a false\n\nrecord or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim;\n\n3. Conspires to commit a violation of the Oklahoma Medicaid\n\nFalse Claims Act;\n\n4. Has possession, custody, or control of property or money\n\nused, or to be used, by the state and knowingly delivers, or causes\n\nto be delivered, less than all of such money or property;\n\n5. Is authorized to make or deliver a document certifying\n\nreceipt of property used or to be used by the state and, intending\n\nto defraud the state, makes or delivers the receipt without\n\ncompletely knowing that the information on the receipt is true;\n\n6. Knowingly buys or receives as a pledge of an obligation or\n\ndebt, public property from an officer or employee of the state who\n\nlawfully may not sell or pledge property; or\n\n7. Knowingly makes, uses or causes to be made or used, a false\n\nrecord or statement material to an obligation to pay or transmit\n\nmoney or property to the state, or knowingly conceals or knowingly\n\nand improperly avoids or decreases an obligation to pay or transmit\n\nmoney or property to the state;\n\nis liable to the State of Oklahoma for a civil penalty consistent\n\nwith the civil penalties provision of the Federal False Claims Act,\n\n31 U.S.C. 3729(a), as adjusted by the Federal Civil Penalties\n\nInflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note; Public Law\n\n101-410), and as further amended by the Federal Civil Penalties\n\nInflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Sec. 701 of\n\nPublic Law 114-74), plus three times the amount of damages which the\n\nstate sustains because of the act of that person.\n\nC. If the court finds that:\n\n1. The person committing the violation in subsection B of this\n\nsection furnished officials of this state responsible for\n\ninvestigating false claims violations with all information known to\n\nsuch person about the violation within thirty (30) days after the\n\ndate on which the defendant first obtained the information;\n\nrt finds that:\n\n1. The person committing the violation in subsection B of this\n\nsection furnished officials of this state responsible for\n\ninvestigating false claims violations with all information known to\n\nsuch person about the violation within thirty (30) days after the\n\ndate on which the defendant first obtained the information;\n\n2. The person fully cooperated with any state investigation of\n\nthe violation; and\n\n3. At the time the person furnished the state with the\n\ninformation about the violation, no criminal prosecution, civil\n\naction, or administrative action had commenced under this title with\n\nrespect to the violation, and the person did not have actual\n\nknowledge of the existence of an investigation into the violation,\n\nthe court may assess not less than two times the amount of damages\n\nwhich the state sustains because of the act of the person.\n\nD. A person violating subsection B of this section shall also\n\nbe liable to this state for the costs of a civil action brought to\n\nrecover any such penalty or damages.\n\nE. Any information furnished pursuant to subsections A through\n\nD of this section shall be exempt from disclosure under the Oklahoma\n\nOpen Records Act.\n\nF. This section does not apply to claims, records or statements\n\nunder the Oklahoma Tax Code.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3078e288e88af923524977bf69e7477ffe61d67b156aa149993130ef30157139","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-5053","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-5053.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}