Submitting false information.

Any employee or retiree knowingly and willfully submitting materially false information to the board or engaging in fraudulent activity that causes financial harm to the plan may, upon a determination by the board: (1) repay all claims and other expenses, including an interest charge based on the applicable interest rate paid by the state under Section 40-1-44, incurred by the health insurance plan related to the intentional failure to comply with the rules and procedures of the board or the intentional submission of false or misleading information or fraudulent activity, and (2) may be subject to being disqualified from coverage under the plan.

(Act 2004-646, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 6, §4; Act 2011-704, p. 2178, §1.)