[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR1007.3]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1007--STATE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNITS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1007.3  Scope and purpose.

    This part implements sections 1903(a)(6), 1903(b)(3), and 1903(q) of 
the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud 
and Abuse Amendments (Pub. L. 95-142). The statute authorizes the 
Secretary to pay a State 90 percent of the costs of establishing and 
operating a State Medicaid fraud control unit, as defined

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by the statute, for the purpose of eliminating fraud in the State 
Medicaid program.