Unlawful seeking [of] payment from public assistance

recipients. A. Unlawful seeking [of] payment from public assistance recipients consists of knowingly seeking payment from recipients or their families for any unpaid portion of a bill for which reimbursement has been or will be received from the human services department [health care authority department] or for claims or services denied by the human services department [health care authority department] because of provider [the provider's] administrative error. B. Whoever commits unlawful seeking [of] payment from [a] public assistance recipient is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: Laws 1979, ch. 170, § 5.