False representations or statements in application for Medicaid benefits; concealment or nondisclosure of facts

Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-205, under Medicaid Fraud Control Act.

Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-205

(1) A person shall not knowingly make or cause to be made a false representation of a material fact in an application for Medicaid benefits.

(2) A person shall not knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement of a material fact for use in determining rights to a Medicaid benefit.

(3) A person, who having knowledge of the occurrence of an event affecting his initial or continued right to receive a Medicaid benefit, shall not conceal or fail to disclose that event with intent to obtain a medicaid benefit to which the person or any other person is not entitled or in an amount greater than that to which the person or any other person is entitled.